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Title: Het Gajoland en zijne bewoners
Author(s): Hurgronje, C. Snouck
Year published: 1903
Publisher: Batavia, Landsdrukkerij
Volume: -
Pages: pp. i-xx, 1-452
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
People place snares on the paths of elephants. When the animal steps in it, a heavy log falls down, which has a sharp bamboo or a iron point at the end. This was directed such that it hits the elephant in the back. This instrument, called gedabohan, is also much used to kill the rhinoceros.
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