William Cotton Oswell, hunter and explorer; the story of his life, with certain correspondence and extracts from the private journal of David Livingstone, hitherto unpublished; . HORN OF , 43J inches. probably from coming in contact with the ground whilstthe animal is feeding. When running at speed also, orwhen alarmed, it carries the head very low, as do likewisethe other species, and the horn, then standing nearlystraight out from the nose with a trifling curve down-wards, may occasionally strike or rub against the in-equalities of the ground. From the circumstance of the qiie
William Cotton Oswell, hunter and explorer; the story of his life, with certain correspondence and extracts from the private journal of David Livingstone, hitherto unpublished; . HORN OF , 43J inches. probably from coming in contact with the ground whilstthe animal is feeding. When running at speed also, orwhen alarmed, it carries the head very low, as do likewisethe other species, and the horn, then standing nearlystraight out from the nose with a trifling curve down-wards, may occasionally strike or rub against the in-equalities of the ground. From the circumstance of the qiiehaaha being found inthe same neighbourhood, and from its general resemblanceto the white rhinoceros, we at first supposed the pecu-liarity of the horn to be merely a malformation, but thefact of five having been seen, two of which were shot;of the Bechuana who inhabit the country in which thespecimens were obtained, knowing the animal well undera distinct name, and describing it as frequently to be metwith, though by no means so common as the other kinds;and of its being unknown to the south of the Tropic.
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