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Reference Base  Life in Abyssinia, being notes collected during three yea... |
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| Title: |
Life in Abyssinia, being notes collected during three years residence and travel in that country |
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Parkyns, M. |
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1853 |
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London, John Murray |
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vol. 2, pp. 1-355 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The giraffe and the rhinoceros are not common in Tigr?, though occasinally found in the plains to the northwards. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Morphology - Horn
African Rhino Species
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| The handles of the swords and the scabbards are made of the horn of the rhinoceros. They are cut out of the horn at a great loss of material, and hence they fetch a good price. It should be remembered that the heart of the horn is black, outside of which is coating, not quite an inch thick, of ... |
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