Barker, G.M., 1884. A tea planter's life in Assam. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink & Co, pp. i-viii, 1-247
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Indian Rhino |
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A curious incident occurred to an elephant in the possession of a neighbouring garden just before I left. A favourite old animal had been turned loose, and was wandering through the tea close to the edge of the jungle, when suddenly, with a heavy rush through the dense cover, a rhinoceros charged out, making a furious attack on the elephant, and succeeded in dashing his horn between her ribs. A more unprovoked assault was never committed. The poor old animal had been lying down on her side for three days, with some ribs broken, when I
left ; nor have I heard whether she ever got over it.
Rhinos are fairly plentiful in some out-of-the-way districts, and in their erratic course through a garden (a place that under usual circumstances they steer clear of) play fearful havoc with their unwieldy carcases amongst the tea.
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