The neighbourhood of Chieng Hai is considered as one of the best hunting stations for these large pachyderms, and during my stay there I also several times observed their tracks in the vicinity. Chieng Hai is situated on a large plain chiefly covered by high grass and reeds which makes travelling very difficult. However, I once tried to get a rhinoceros, the fresh tracks of which we found. We followed its tracks for a considerable distance in the high grass through which the animal had made veritable tunnels but as the water was very deep, we were not able to stalk as silent as necessary and suddenly, I heard the animal rushing away uttering a grunting noise.
To hunt rhinoceros on elephant back is considered by the natives as impossible, because the rhino will at once attack the elephant as soon as it get wind of it. Elephants are also said to be very afraid of rhinos and would run away as soon as the rhino is going to attack.
This is apparently a more southern form being far more common in the southern districts than R. sumatrensis. At two different occasions during my stay among the mountains in the Siamese Malaya on about 12 degrees north, I observed the tracks of a rhinoceros probably belonging to this species. They are very shy and retiring in their habits and are seldom met with or shot especially by European sportsmen. Mr G.C. Shortridge, however, succeeded in shooting a female specimen near Bankachon in S. Tenasserim. Bankachon is situated some distance south of the places I visited, though on the other side of the peninsula, and surrounded by dense evergreen jungles.
According to the natives, the smaller one-horned rhino is the most common form of rhinoceros occurring in northern Siam. The two-horned rhino is also stated to inhabit the same districts.
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis - Thailand. Chieng Hai is situated on a large plain chiefly covered by high grass and reeds which makes travelling very difficult. However, I once tried to get a rhinoceros, the fresh tracks of which we found. We followed its tracks for a considerable distance in the high grass through which the animal had made veritable tunnels but as the water was very deep, we were not able to stalk as silent as necessary.
The neighbourhood of Chieng Hai is considered as one of the best hunting stations for these large pachyderms, and during my stay there I also several times observed their tracks in the vicinity. Chieng Hai is situated on a large plain chiefly covered by high grass and reeds which makes travelling very difficult. However, I once tried to get a rhinoceros, the fresh tracks of which we found. We followed its tracks for a considerable distance in the high grass through which the animal had made veritable tunnels but as the water was very deep, we were not able to stalk as silent as necessary and suddenly, I heard the animal rushing away uttering a grunting noise.
We followed its tracks for a considerable distance in the high grass through which the animal had made veritable tunnels but as the water was very deep, we were not able to stalk as silent as necessary and suddenly, I heard the animal rushing away uttering a grunting noise.
