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African scenery and animals |
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Daniell, S. |
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1805 |
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London, Samuel Daniell |
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pls. 1-30 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The Rhinosceros is very common in the thickets on the eastern frontiers of the Colony. |
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Morphology
Black Rhino
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| The eye is remarkably small, and placed at a great distance from the forehead. |
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World
Culture - Art
All Rhino Species
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| African scenery and Animals. London. No.30, The African Rhinoceros. Drawn, Engraved & Published by Samuel Daniell, No.9 Cleveland Street. Fitzroy Square, London, Nov. 15, 1805 |
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Value
All Rhino Species
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| The hide of the former is smooth like that of a Hippopo-tamus; out of both of which animals the boors cut their horse-whips, which they call shambocs. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Behaviour - Towards Man
Black Rhino
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| This animal is not by any means vicious. |
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African Rhino Species
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| S Africa. The Hottentots and the Kaffers pursue it in the thickets, and approach near enough to hurl their Hassagais, or Javelins, at it. The flesh is coarse, but not disagreeable. |
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Morphology
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| The eye is remarkably small, and placed at a great distance from the forehead. |
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Taxonomy
Black Rhino
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| New species of black rhino - S Africa. The individual from which the annexed print was taken, is supposed to be a new species, or at least, a variety of the species usually met with in South Africa, being of greater bulk and having the upper horn at least three times the size of what it generall... |
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African scenery and animals
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