 | Hornaday, W.T. 1885 Two years in the jungle: the experiences of a hunter and naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. London, Kegan Paul and Trench, pp. i-xxii, 1-512 |
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| 1885, Singapore, on the market, I was offered a rhinoceros at $250 |
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| Hymans van Anrooy, H.A. 1885 Nota omtrent het rijk van Siak. Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal Land en Volkenkunde 30: 259-390 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
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Asian Rhino Species
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| 1885, Sumatra, per horn $20 - $60, white horn $60 a piece |
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| Felkin, R.W. 1885 Notes on the For tribe of Central Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 8: 205-265 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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African Rhino Species
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| Superstitions of For tribe, living in Darfur, Sudan. Cups made of rhinoceros horn are supposed to detect poison in water, beer, or wine, the fluid changing colour; to give one of these cups to a friend is the highest honour that can be paid to him. (I think this ideas must have been derived from... |
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| Hymans van Anrooy, H.A. 1885 Nota omtrent het rijk van Siak. Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal Land en Volkenkunde 30: 259-390 |
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| Kingdom of Siak. Every rhinoceros found must be offered to the Sultan. The finder receives a persalinan for this. The horn is much sought after as a medicine and it is said to act well against snake bites. A rhinoceros horn is worth between $ 20 and $ 60. Sometimes a white horn is found, for... |
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| Burg, C.L. van der 1885 De geneesheer in Nederlandsch-Indie, III. Matera Indica. Batavia, Ernst and Co, pp. i-xx, 1-856 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia
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| In such a rhino horn people pour water, which must remain in it for a minimum of 12 hours, preferably by night. That water is a cure for exhausting diseases, especially consumption of the lungs.
Disks cut from the horn, or small cuttings, have special power against snake bite. Maybe this can b... |
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| Bakker, H.P.A. 1884 Het rijk Sanggau. Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal Land en Volkenkunde 29: 355-400 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
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Sumatran Rhino
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| The Kingdom of Sanggau extends about 11.5 miles on either side of the Kapoeas River from the border of Tajan and Meliau) Still, far from human villages, the Badak roams here, whose head has such a great value. |
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| Moura, J. 1883 Le Royaume de Cambodge. Paris, Ernest Leroux, vol. 1, pp. i-viii, 1-518 |
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Asia - East Asia - Indochina
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Asian Rhino Species
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| The horn is a precious talisman, and one scrapes a bit of it in medicines to give them their curative powers which they otherwise would not have. |
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| Errington de la Croix, J. 1882 Etude sur les Sakaies du Perak (presqu'ile de Malacca). Revue d'Ethnographie 1: 317-341 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular
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Asian Rhino Species
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| The Sakai of Malaysia hunt the rhinoceros and exchange the horns for other items for domestic use. |
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| Oldfield, H.A. 1880 Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive. London, W.H. Allen and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-ix, 1-418 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
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Indian Rhino
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| Out of the horns they manufacture: from the spreading base they make richly carved cups or urgas, which are susceptible of high finish and polish; from the thinner upright part they make kandles for kookeries. |
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| Fytche, A. 1878 Burma past and present with personal reminiscences of the country. London, C. Kegan Paul and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xv, 1-355 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma)
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| They are most valued by the Chinese and other Eastern nations for certain alleged restorative properties and as remedies for epilepsy, and against the effects of poison. |
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