. The popular natural history . Zoology. 214 THE KEITLOA, OR SLOAN'S RHINOCEROS. When wounded, the Black Rhinoceros is a truly fearful opponent, and it is generally considered very unsafe to fire at the animal unless the hunter be mounted on a good horse or provided with an accessible place ol refuge. An old experienced hunter said that he would rather face fifty lions than one wounded Borele ; but Mr. Oswell, the well-known African sportsman, always preferred to shoot the Rhinoceros on foot. The best place to aim is just behind the shoulder, as if the lungs are wounded the animal very soon di
. The popular natural history . Zoology. 214 THE KEITLOA, OR SLOAN'S RHINOCEROS. When wounded, the Black Rhinoceros is a truly fearful opponent, and it is generally considered very unsafe to fire at the animal unless the hunter be mounted on a good horse or provided with an accessible place ol refuge. An old experienced hunter said that he would rather face fifty lions than one wounded Borele ; but Mr. Oswell, the well-known African sportsman, always preferred to shoot the Rhinoceros on foot. The best place to aim is just behind the shoulder, as if the lungs are wounded the animal very soon dies. There is but little blood externally, as the thick loose skin covers the bullet-hole, and prevents any outward effusion. When mortally wounded the Rhinoceros generally drops on its knees. The Keitloa can readily be recognized by the horns, which are of consider- able length, and nearly equal to each other in measurement. This is always a morose and ill-tempered animal, and is even more to be dreaded than the borele, on account of its greater size, strength, and length of horn. The upper lip of the Keitloa overlaps the lower even more than that of the borele ; the neck is longer in proportion, and the head is not so thickly covered with wrinkles. At its birth the horns of this animal are only indicated by a prominence on the nose, and at the age of two years the horn is hardly more than an inch in length. At six years of age it is nine or ten inches long, and does not reach its full measurement until the lapse of considerable KEITLOA, OR sloan's RHINOCEROS.—(Rhinoceros Keitloa.) The common White Rhinoceros {Rhinoceros Simus) is considerably larger than the two preceding animals, and, together with the kobaoba, or long-horned white Rhinoceros, is remarkable for its square muzzle and elon- gated head. The foremost horn of this animal is of very considerable length, attaining a measurement of more than three feet when fully grown. The second horn is short and conical,
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