. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . WHITE RHINOCEROS. CHAPTER XLYI. HUNTING THE WHITE RHINOCEROS, LION, BUFFALO ANDGIRAFFE. PON the 9lh,says Mr. Gumming, itrained unceasingly throughout theday, converting the rich soil onwhich we were encamped into onemass of soft, sticky clay. In the forenoon,fearing the ram would continue so as to ren-der the vley (through which we must pass togain the firmer ground) impassable, T orderedmy men to prepare to march, and leave thetent with its contents standing, the point which I wished to gainbeing distant only about five hundred yards. When the oxenwere insp
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . WHITE RHINOCEROS. CHAPTER XLYI. HUNTING THE WHITE RHINOCEROS, LION, BUFFALO ANDGIRAFFE. PON the 9lh,says Mr. Gumming, itrained unceasingly throughout theday, converting the rich soil onwhich we were encamped into onemass of soft, sticky clay. In the forenoon,fearing the ram would continue so as to ren-der the vley (through which we must pass togain the firmer ground) impassable, T orderedmy men to prepare to march, and leave thetent with its contents standing, the point which I wished to gainbeing distant only about five hundred yards. When the oxenwere inspanned, however, and we attempted to move, we foundmy tackle, which was old, so rotten from the effects of the rain,that something gave way at every strain. Owing to thi& and to17. 258 HUNTING ADVENTURES. the softness of the vley, we labored on till sundown, and cfily stic-ceeded in bringing one wagon to its destination, the other two re-maining fast in the mud in the middle of the vley. Next morning,juckily, the weather cleared up, when my men brought over thelent, and in the afternoon the other two wagons. We followed up the banks of the river for several days withthe usual allowance of sport. On the 16th we came suddenly uponan immense old bull muchocho rolling in mud. He sprang to hisfeet immediately he saw me, and charging up the bank, so frightenedour horses, that before I could get my rifle from my after-rider hewas past us. I then gave him chase, and after a hard gallop ofabout a mile, sprang from my horse and gave him a good shotbehind the shoulder. At this moment a cow rhinoceros of thesame species, with her calf, charged out of some wait-a-bit thorncover, and stood right in my path. Observing that she carried anunusually long horn, I turned my attenti
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