 Both these varieties of rhinoceros attain an enormous size, being the animals next in magnitude to the elephant. They feed solely on grass, carry much fat, and their flesh is excellent, being preferable to beef. They are of a much milder and more inoffensive...  The Illustrated Natural History - Page 152by John George Wood - 1855 - 444 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 432 pages
...rods, supplying a substance at once suitable for a sporting implement and excellent for the purpose. Both these varieties of rhinoceros attain an enormous...inferior to that of the other varieties, and a person well mounted can overtake and shoot them. The head of these is a foot longer than that of the borele'.... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 434 pages
...rods, supplying a substance at once suitable for a sporting implement and excellent for the purpose. Both these varieties of rhinoceros attain an enormous...very inferior to that of the other varieties, and a pcrson well mounted can overtake and shoot them. The head of these is a foot longer than that of the... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 432 pages
...rods, supplying a substance at once suitable for a sporting implement and excellent for the purpose. Both these varieties of rhinoceros attain an enormous...charging their pursuer. Their speed is very inferior with the two Baquaines. They led me along the bases of the mountains, through woody dells and open... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1852 - 620 pages
...rods, supplying a substance at once suitable for a sporting implement and excellent for the purpose. Both these varieties of rhinoceros attain an enormous...inferior to that of the other varieties, and a person well mounted can overtake and shoot them. The head of these is a foot longer than that of the bordle'.... | |
 | 1851 - 484 pages
...rods, supplying a substance at once suitable for a sporting implement and excellent for the purpose. Both these varieties of rhinoceros attain an enormous...inferior to that of the other varieties, and a person well mounted can overtake and shoot them. The head of these is a foot longer than that of the borele.... | |
 | 1853 - 498 pages
...reds, supplying a substance at once suitable for a sporting implement and excellent for the purpose. Both these varieties of rhinoceros attain an enormous...inferior to that of the other varieties, and a person well mounted can overtake and shoot them. The head of these is a foot longer than that of the borele.... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 432 pages
...the four varieties delight to roll and wallow in mud, with which their rugged hides are incrusted. Both varieties of the black rhinoceros are much smaller...inferior to that of the other varieties, and a person well mounted can overtake and shoot them." It is said that the rhinoceros uses its horn as an instrument... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 410 pages
...the white rhinoceros are so similar in habits, that the description of one will serve for both—the principal difference consisting in the length and...inferior to that of the other varieties, and a person well mounted can overtake and shoot them." It is said that the rhinoceros uses ita horn as an instrument... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1855 - 440 pages
...rods, supplying a substance at once suitable for a sporting implement and excellent for the purpose. Both these varieties of rhinoceros attain an enormous...inoffensive disposition than the black rhinoceros, rarely'charging their pursuer. Their speed is very inferior with the two Baquaines. They led me along... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon Cumming - 1856 - 434 pages
...interior, chiefly to the eastward of the Limpopo ; its horns are very valuable for making loading rods. Both these varieties of rhinoceros attain an enormous...inferior to that of the other varieties, and a person well mounted can overtake and shoot them ; the head of these is a foot longer than that of the borele.... | |
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