 Reference Base  The field-book of a jungle-wallah, being a description of... |
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Hose, C., 1929. The field-book of a jungle-wallah, being a description of shore, river & forest life in Sarawak. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. i-viii, 1-216
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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He comes down in the heat of the day to take his ease in what are called 'salt-licks', muddy baths formed by springs of saltish water. The clearing and the mud of the bushes were, as I was told, caused by the creature's trampling movement on his way home to his lair higher up the hills. My informants were quite right, for very soon we came across one of these salt-licks, although we found no one 'taking the course.'
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