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Smith, A. Donaldson 1897. Through unknown African countries: the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu. London and New York, Edward Arnold. pp. i-xvi, 1-471.

Through unknown African countries: the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

S.E. of Mt Kulol, we shot a rhino.

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

near Bodele on Tig Turfa towards the Erer River. shoots a rhinoceros

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

Sees rhinoceros between Mt. Elwak and the Shebeli Tiver

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1879

Near Aimola, plenty of rhinoceroses

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

On the river Burga, that winds westwards into the Galana Amara and empties in Lake Stephanie, many rhino were seen.

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

Near lake Stephanie: many rhinos, and one shot.

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

Near Lake Rudolph, many rhino were seen.

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

Towards and near the Galana Amara River, rhino seen and killed.

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

Marching to Finik, there were plenty of rhinoceroses about.

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

Tried shooting a rhino on the banks of Guaso Nyiro.

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

Near Alia Bay, we shot three rhinos.

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1897

On a stream flowing into the Nianam from the Aro Mountains, rhino seen

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Location Kenya Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

The animal lay on the ground about a minute before he died, uttering all the time those ridiculous squeaking sounds.

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