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Carleton, G.D. 1892. Notes on a part of the Somali country. Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 21: 160-172, pl. 15.

Notes on a part of the Somali country

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Location Somalia Subject General Species African Rhinos

Bedouins. The shield is of oryx-antelope skin or (the best) rhinoceros-hide. The rhinoceros ones are the whitest and are generally covered to preserve them from being soiled.

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Location Somalia Subject General Species African Rhinos Year 1892

He described being chased (probably exaggerated to impress us) by a rhinoceros

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