CHAPTER XXXIII

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THE RHINOCEROS.

Brutality of the Rhinoceros--The Borelo--The Keitloa--The Monoho--The Kobaaba--Difference of Food and Disposition between the Black and the White Rhinoceros--Incarnation of Ugliness-- Acute Smell and Hearing--Defective Vision--The Buphaga Africana--Paroxysms of Rage--Parental Affection--Nocturnal Habits--Rhinoceros Hunting--Adventures of the Chase--Narrow Escapes of Messrs. Oswell and Andersson--The Indian Rhinoceros-- The Sumatran Rhinoceros--The Javanese Rhinoceros--Its involuntary Suicide 423

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