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Haywood, C.W., 1927. To the mysterious Lorian swamp: an adventure & arduous journey of exploration through the vast waterless tracts of unknown Jubaland. London, Seeley, Service and Co, pp. 1-275
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya |
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Distribution - Records |
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Black Rhino |
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Rhino were, and probably still are, very numerous round Meru, and they mostly had very big horns. I went after one and was able to drop it without much difficulty. Its front horn was thirty-four inches and the back one about twenty-two; so I was very pleased, as this is the best I have shot. At one time the Meru used to trap rhino in gamepits and sell the horns to Swahili traders, apparently for making some sort of medicine; but the Government stopped that, and rhino are now strictly limited to two per annum on each hunting licence.
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