Jagor, F., 1866. Singapore - Malacca - Java: Reiseskizzen. Berlin, Julius Springer, pp. i-vi, 1-252
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Javan Rhino |
Next day we climbed the Slamat, on which slopes there is a village called Priatin at 4000 ft. The climb would be much more difficult without the tracks of the rhinoceroses, which in easy curves wind up to the summit of the mountain.
These animals climb the highest mountains to obtain their favourite grass. Nobody makes better paths than they do. As they always follow the same paths, the thick leather on their belly and the sand attached to it rub against the ground and slowly deep furrows are carved in the ground, even in stone. No less wonderful is their sense of topographical tact, by which they circumvent all difficult places in the terrain, steep patches are conquered by zigzag lines. This miracle is explained by the ineptness of the animals who cannot reach difficult places.
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Singapore - Malacca - Java: Reiseskizzen
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