Reference Base Reisen in Nord-Ost-Afrika: Tagebuch einer Reise von Chart... |
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Heuglin, T. von, 1857. Reisen in Nord-Ost-Afrika: Tagebuch einer Reise von Chartum nach Abyssinien, mit besonderer Rucksicht auf Zoologie und Geographie unternommen in dem Jahre 1852 bis 1853. Gotha, Justus Pertes, pp. i-x, 1-136
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia |
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Distribution - Records |
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Black Rhino |
source of the Ambo, 2 ? hours from Merdibba. In the evening, when setting up camp, we saw a rhinoceros, which calmly looked into the fire. I shot six bulklets at it which hit the thick skull, and the animal disappeared.
The next day, I sent people to look for the rhinoceros, but they said that they lost its tracks in the Gira. I doubt the truth of this, especially because a few days later some people offered a fresh horn to me for sale, which was just about as big as that of the animal which I had wounded.
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