Renshaw, G., 1904. Natural history essays. London and Manchester, Sherratt and Hughes, pp. i-xv, 1-218
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2. When Denham and Clapperton returned home from their Central African expedition of 1822-24, they presented to the British Museum two remarkable light-coloured and transparent horns. It is interesting to remember that the horns of the white rhinoceros are pale-coloured on section, and that Sir A. Smith (who had practical experience of R. simus in Southern Africa) himself suggested that if not those of young simus, they must belong to some unknown species of rhinoceros. 'The horns of Rh. simus, 'said Sir Andrew, 'possess more of the above characters than any others yet known.'
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