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Title: Ten years North of the Orange River: a story of everyday life and work among the South African tribes from 1859 to 1969
Author(s): MacKenzie, J.
Year published: 1871
Publisher: Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas
Volume: -
Pages: pp. i-xx, 1-523
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Evening of Tuesday 19 August 1863. Proceeding a little farther, I saw a black rhinoceros cow with its calf, the latter of which was baited by the dogs. I came up just in time to see one of my dogs tossed into the air by the enraged mother. Sadly shaken, but with no bones broken, 'Celt' crept a...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Hunting
Black Rhino
Zimbabwe, evening of Tuesday 19 August 1863. Proceeding a little farther, I saw a black rhinoceros cow with its calf, the latter of which was baited by the dogs. I came up just in time to see one of my dogs tossed into the air by the enraged mother. Sadly shaken, but with no bones broken, 'Cel...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Value
African Rhino Species
Zimbabwe. The meat from the ribs of the rhinoceros is considered best; and it is said the flesh of the mohohu or white rhinoceros is very good. I cannot recommend that of the borile or black rhinoceros, although with the appetite of camp life in Africa, it was palatable enough.
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