 Reference Base  De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zo... |
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Balen, J.H. van, 1914. De dierenwereld van Insulinde in woord en beeld, I: De zoogdieren. Deventer, J.C. van der Burgh, pp. i-vii, i-xi, 1-505
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Java |
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Behaviour - Towards Man |
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Javan Rhino |
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M?ller tells the following story about a hunt of the rhinoceros, with bad results for one of the members of the nature commission: Mr G. van Raalte, administrator and draughtsman of the Nature Commission together with Dr Macklot was hunting rhinos in the Preanger Regencies near Parang in April 1827. They followed fresh tracks. They had hardly penetrated the dense grasses (glaga) when they heard a loud blowing and sniffing noise, telling them about the proximity of the rhinoceros. Hoping to get the first shot, van Raalte crawled on hands and feet to the place where he suspected the animal, but found nothing. The rhinoceros had noticed the hunters. Suddenly it appeared from its hiding place and run with great speed straight towards Van Raalte, threw him on the ground, took him on the horn and threw the man high into the air, which he repeated several times. The natives fled full of fear. Only one of them, an old faithful hunter, was courageous enough to listen to van Raalte's cries and to return. He approached the animal closely and emptied both barrels of the gun. The animal got frightened by the noise and started to run away. The gun had burst during the shots and probably went into the wrong direction. Van Raalte's condition was very bad, lying there covered with blood and mud, not showing any sign of life. Dr Macklot treated him and without his help he would not have recovered. One of his ribs was broken and he had a bad wound in the stomach, several deep wounds on the left leg, one in the tendons of the right foot. He said that some of the wounds had been made by the teeth of the rhinoceros which had often taken him in his mouth before throwing him in the air.
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