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Gregory, J.W. 1896. The great Rift Valley, being the narrative of a journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo, with some account of the geology, natural history, anthropology, and future prospects of British East Africa. London, John Murray. pp. i-xxi, 1-422.

The great Rift Valley, being the narrative of a journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo, with some account of the geology, natural history, anthropology, and future prospects of British East Africa

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Location Kenya Subject Culture Species African Rhinos

Kenya. A Bushman rock painting of Burchell's rhinoceros.

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Location Kenya Subject Culture Species African Rhinos Year 1896

Near Lake Victoria Nyanza, a few rhinoceroses seen.

Note
Location Kenya Subject Culture Species African Rhinos Year 1896

Reports of a similar animal have been received from Loango.

Note
Location Kenya Subject Culture Species African Rhinos Year 1896

At Laikipia, saw rhino, believed to be a different species.

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