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Reference Base  To the mysterious Lorian swamp: an adventure & arduous jo... |
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To the mysterious Lorian swamp: an adventure & arduous journey of exploration through the vast waterless tracts of unknown Jubaland |
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Haywood, C.W. |
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1927 |
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London, Seeley, Service and Co |
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pp. 1-275 |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| He was so close that I could see all the creases in his thick hide, the tufts of hair sticking out of his piggy ears, and the whitish marks where he had rubbed himself against a tree. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Value - Related to Horn
African Rhino Species
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| 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; |
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Black Rhino
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| He was so close that I could see all the creases in his thick hide, the tufts of hair sticking out of his piggy ears, and the whitish marks where he had rubbed himself against a tree. |
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Black Rhino
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| He was so close that I could see all the creases in his thick hide, the tufts of hair sticking out of his piggy ears, and the whitish marks where he had rubbed himself against a tree. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Morphology - Size
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. |
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