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Hurgronje, C. Snouck 1903. Het Gajoland en zijne bewoners. Batavia, Landsdrukkerij. pp. i-xx, 1-452.

Het Gajoland en zijne bewoners

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Location Sumatra Subject Distribution Species Asian Rhinos

People place snares on the paths of elephants. When the animal steps in it, a heavy log falls down, which has a sharp bamboo or a iron point at the end. This was directed such that it hits the elephant in the back. This instrument, called gedabohan, is also much used to kill the rhinoceros.

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