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Reference Base  An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of o... |
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An auto-biographical memoir, being a plain narrative of occurrences from early life to advanced age, chiefly intended for his children and descendants, countrymen and friends |
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Borcherds, P.B. |
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1861 |
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Cape Town, A.S. Robertson |
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pp. i-xxv, 1-500 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 - S Africa. Length of tail, 2 feet |
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| Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa. height, 5 feet 10 inch |
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| Three species in S Africa. There are 3 kinds of which I saw two and which I shall describe to you. The first was shot by a certain Jacob Kr?ger on the 24th December between the Cosje Fontijn and Klaboeligani Fonteijn. We ascertained that it belonged to the male sex and to the so-called black v... |
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| Three species - S Africa. We learned that there were two other species, namely, a huge white one, known by the native name of magveoe, the other smaller and frequenting the hills, named kemen jana. Ultimately, Mr Kruger succeeded in shooting a female of the white species. Her characteristics w... |
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| Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa
Circumference of knee, 1 foot 10 inch
Circumference of body, 10 feet 0 inch |
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Black Rhino
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| Male shot Dec 1801 - S Africa. Length of head, 2 feet 4 inch |
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| Female of 30 Dec 1801 - S Africa. First horn on the nose, 1 foot 8 inch, Second horn, 1 foot 6 inch |
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