The rhinoceros likes marshy land, for which reason it is found along the Chari and the Baguirmi.
The rhinoceros likes marshy land, for which rerason it is found along the Chari and the Baguirmi. It is also found on the banks of the lake [Lake Chad], in the valley of the Batah and from there to the Kecherda.
The rhinoceros likes marshy land, for which rerason it is found along the Chari and the Baguirmi. It is also found on the banks of the lake [Lake Chad], in the valley of the Batah and from there to the Kecherda.
The rhinoceros likes marshy land, for which rerason it is found along the Chari and the Baguirmi.
The rhinoceros likes marshy land, for which reason it is found along the Chari and the Baguirmi. It is also found on the banks of the lake [Lake Chad], in the valley of the Batah and from there to the Kecherda.
The locals hunt the rhinoceros on horse back and kill it with blows from their sword.
Chad. Rhinoceros horn is used to make buttons for coats and ornaments.
Horn is used as aphrodisiac
The hide of the rhinoceros is usually covered with parts of dried mud. There are two shades in the colour of the skin: some are whitish grey, others have a more dark grey.
The rhinoceros is the most stupid animal imaginable. His idiotic fury makes it a very dangerous animal. When one encounters a rhinoceros in the bush, he generally does what all animals do: he runs away. It is, however, not strange to be charged by a rhinoceros when one does not even know its presence. There are a few examples. A poor woman on her way to the market was turned back by a rhinoceros who just ate her bread. A group of local people who followed a path were sent scattering in the same way, and one of them was followed and was helped up a tree by a push of the horn. A group on the hunt was also attacked and scattered. An Arab leading a cow was charged by a rhinoceros who impaled the cow. In the areas where they are common, the rhinoceroses often enter villages, killing and wounding a number of people. And finally, to mention a personal adventure, one day on the backs of the Chari, we were charged by a rhinoceros which we had not seen. He came on us unexpectedly. The animal is in fact dangerous in areas with many tall bushes.
The hide of the rhinoceros is usually covered with parts of dried mud. There are two shades in the colour of the skin: some are whitish grey, others have a more dark grey.
Abouguern
It seems that the caravans of people from Tripolis buy the horns which they find. In any case, the Djellaba, who trade with them, collect everything that the can find in the country. Maybe the merchandise is sent to the Far East, where the horn is considered an aphrodisiac and is very expensive.
