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Title: Rhinoceros killed on Castlewood estate, Johore Bahru, Malaysia
Author(s): Straits Times
Year published: 1886
Journal: Straits Times, Singapore
Volume: 19 November 1886
Pages: 2
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia
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Sumatran Rhino
On Tuesday morning a rhinoceros was shot on Mr Larken's coffee plantation at Castlewood, near Johore bahru. It was killed at one shot with a bullet from an ordinary 12-bore central fire fowling piece, fired at a distance of about 50 feet. The bullet entered behind the shoulders, pierced the h...
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