Before reaching Beit (the house of) Ali I came upon a rhinoceros. We saw him at the end of a long glade, from the place where I had just shot a waterbuck. There was a strict order against killing rhinoceros unless they charges. I do not think that I quite kept the spirit of the regulation, for i walked in my original direction, though it brought me within thirty yards of him. - At last he turned round, ran a couple of steps towards me, and then turned about and bolted. As that could not be called a charge, I lost my chance. He had quite good horns, and was of the white or grass-eating, square-lipped species, which is the sort in this part of the country. They are pretty numerous. [Beit Ali - near Beit Itman, SW Sudan, see map of Comyn]
At the edge of the pool was the track of rhinoceros, accentuated by the scars he rips along the path as he walks. Natives are convinced that he does this with his horn, which, being of the nature of matted hair and not joined to the bone of the head, they maintain hangs over his nose like a busby bag when he is unsuspicious. Ridiculous, of course.
My men pointed out rhinoceros and lion, but I could not distinguish either. On going on, the tracks of rhinoceros and giraffe were everywhere.
At the edge of the pool was the track of rhinoceros, accentuated by the scars he rips along the path as he walks. Natives are convinced that he does this with his horn, which, being of the nature of matted hair and not joined to the bone of the head, they maintain hangs over his nose like a busby bag when he is unsuspicious. Ridiculous, of course.
Before reaching Beit (the house of) Ali I came upon a rhinoceros. We saw him at the end of a long glade, from the place where I had just shot a waterbuck. There was a strict order against killing rhinoceros unless they charges.
Travelling from Kafiakingo to Hofrat el Nahas - SW Sudan. I passed the fresh tracks of lion, elephant, rhinoceros, and giraffe. From J. Siomo - near it I put up a rhinoceros in a bamboo brake.
