The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-05-22
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full traction. Never till then had =
heard so appalling scream and roar.--
resumed my efforts, patting and en-
couraging him by voice and gesture az
best could. He bent down his head,
rubbed his nose against the inside OF
his fore leg IL seemed as " he was
trying to understand what ! meant
Suddenly he raised his head, licked
one of my hands, and, rs deliberately
as possible, himself for the re-
trograde movement. ! seconded what
/ conceived to be an effort of his own,
by pressing upon the broad front of his
head, resuming my hold of his horn,
and he and ] both moved In the direc-
tion required.
felt him quivering, shaking through
his vast bulk, and then with one deter
mined effort he showed that he fully
comprehended what was wanted. AS
l thought, he now had some notion OF
its real object. might have been
wrong in this,lb he persisted, though
| his sufieiings must have been fearfully
great. Again came forth that mingled
roar and scream, but he did not leap
forward this time-he bravely persisted
as l coaXed and pushed. l suddenly
dashed my shoulder against his nose
he went as suddenly back-shrill, harsh
and hoarse, the roar, so expressive OF
agony, came; lit seemed to pierce
through my entire system) but neither
of us gave way and the object was ac-
complshed
At one and the same moment the
imbedded hornwas drawn forth upon the
ground, upon which he fell on his knees
convulsively shaking under hisaccumu-
lated pangs; then he rolled upon one
side. | was hurled over his neck as
relinqushed my hold of his horn, he
was shaking and heaving spasmodically
gathering myself together as best l
could, eyclaiming "Thank God, it is
over!n
rose and beheld a grim visitor;
saurian had seen the rhinoceros fall;
while the latter stood he would not
have dared to approach-bnt now he
thought ! was easy prey. He did not
know the virtue of steel bolts. had
slightly hurt my wrist by the wrench it
had received as the rhinoceros fell, l
clasping his horn but sprang to my
roer, and as the open claws of the sauri-
anturned round the hehindmostpart fpoor
rhino,a bolt crashed into the eye nearest
me and he threw himselfupon his back
in terrific struggles. The report arous-
ed theexhausted captain; he rose TO his
feet from a pool of blood which had
welled from the wound, and still ran
from it in huge stream "a he stood.
He looked as If to ask what was the
matter. pointed to the baffied sauri-
r an: all his spirit was aroused and he
l stamped the hideous brute to death and
l shapelessness. A blast of victory fol-
V lowed, but it was faint as compared
Il with the blasts Of the night before.
> | was thinking of washing the wound.
His tongue was hot and his lips seemed
parched with intense thirst. He trudg
ed off-he walked better now--and after
p, walking about two hundred yards he
, turned the angle of Il low bluff, behind
i which saw with gladncs,, n spring OF
> delicious looking water sparkling IN
the sun, a il descended into Il natura
y basin, formed, probably, by the actor
, of the water. | was thirsty, 50 lusti-
= ly drank (altcr had loaded my roer
: from the spring itself Capt. Rhino'
! from the basin which he empticd, anc
stood impatiently waiting for NOR
water to flow, that he might drinl
; again. When his feverish thirst wa
slaked, bathed his wound in the BASH
and plugged itwith the silky moss. Ny
;, opcration-my first in surgery-wa
u performed with it | had performe'
= the most difficult of all operations, tina
' of making true friend, for such wa
,, capt. Rhino" of "The Black Lakes