They are most common in the valley of the Tug Fafan, and thence in the whole country as far as the Webbe.
they are plentiful beyond in Galla-land.
They are common in south-eastern Haud.
Wiyil
SomalilandWe could usually cut from 15 to 30 shields from each rhinoceros, 3/4 inch thick and 15 inches in diameter, worth about a dollar apiece at the coast.
For many years the rhinoceros has been known to exist in the interior of Somaliland, and going further in every year I have constantly been expecting to come upon their ground. The first Somali Rhinoceroses were shot by my brother and myself in our expedition to the Abyssinian border in August 1892, and since then only a few have been shot by Europeans. They come far north of the range of the zebras, sometimes wandering as far as the open grass plains of Toyo, a 100 miles south of Berbera, where they hide in the patches of `durr' grass. They are common in south-eastern Haud. I never found any signs of them in many expeditions in the Habr Awat, Esa, and Gadabursi countries. They are most common in the valley of the Tug Fafan, and thence in the whole country as far as the Webbe, and they are plentiful beyond in Galla-land. They are said to exist to the south-east of Berbera, but I never saw any traces of them.
They go to the river at night to drink and bathe. They travel considerable distances to the river and wander all night up and down the channel looking for a convenient pool, and making a maze of tracks in the soft sand.
They are said to exist to the south-east of Berbera, but I never saw any traces of them.
They come far north of the range of the zebras, sometimes wandering as far as the open grass plains of Toyo, a 100 miles south of Berbera, where they hide in the patches of `durr' grass.
Somaliland. The ground they like best is very stony broken hills with some river-bed not too many miles distant, where thet can go at night to drink and bathe.
Everywhere in Central Ogaden the caravan tracks are furrowed in grooves a yard or more long and six inches deep, which look like the work of a plough. This is done by the rhinoceros plunging his front horn and hard thick lip into the ground as he walks along.
The rhinos were not more prone to charge than elephants, and I only had one narrow escape.
I have never seen more than three together.
We found the rhinoceros the most stupid game animal we have encountered, and easily approached if the wind is right.
Somaliland. A good pair of bull's horns measure 19 inches for the front, and 5 inches for the back one.
