Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-17

iouiu ~ cNiSt IN several localities on the lett
bank of the Upper Nile, close to the river,
and covering north and south extension of
about 200 miles. Even in this narrow rib
bon OF territory the square mouthed rhino-
ceros is found only in certain localities.
1t is curious animal, on the average dis
tlnctly larger than, and utterly different
from. the ordinary African rhinoceros. The
spinal processes of the dorsal vertebrae are
SO developed as to make avery prominent
hump over the withers, while forward of
this is still higher and more prominent
fleshy hump on the neck. The huge, mis-
shapen head differs in all respects as widely
from the head of the common or so-called
black rhinoceros as the head of moose
differs from that Of wapiti
A Hunt Under Burning Sun.
The morning after making camp we
started on rhinoceros hunt We did not
get an early start. Hour after hour we
plodded on, under the burning sun, through
the tall, tangled grass, which was often
higher than Our heads. Continually we,
crossed the trails of elephant and more
rarely OF rhinoceros but the hard, sunbaked
earth and stiff, tinder-dry long grass made it
matter of extreme difficulty to tell if
trail was fresh, or to follow it.
Finally, Kermit and his gun-bearer, Kas-
situra, discovered some unquestionably
fresh footprints which those of US who were
in front had passed over. Immediately we
took the trail Kongoni and Kassitura acting
as crackers, while Kermit and followed at
their heels. Once or twice the two crackers
were puzzled, but they were never entirely
at fault; and after half an hour Kassitura
suddenly pointed toward thorri-tree about
60 yards off,
Mounting a low ant-hill saw rather dim
~ through the long grass big gray bulk,
near the foot of the tree it was rhinoceros
lying asleep on its side, looking like an enor-
nous pig. 1t heard something and raised
itself on its forelegs, in sitting posture, the
big ears thrown forward. I fired for the
chest, and the heavy Holland bullet knocked
it clean off its feet. Squealing loudly it rose
again, but it was clearly done for, and it
never got 10 yards from where it had been
lying.
AT the shot four other rhino rose One
bolted, to the right, two others ran to the
left. Firing through the grass, Kermit
wounded bull and followed it for a long
distance, but could not overtake it; ten days
later, however, he found the carcass, and
saved the skull and horns. Meanwhile
killed calf, which was needed for the mt
scum the rhino had already shot was
full-grown COW, doubtless the Calls mother
Peculiarities of the Lado Rhino.
As the rlHno rose l was struck by their
likeness to the picture of the white rhino in
CORVALLIS Harris folio of the big game Of
South Africa 20 years ago. They were to-
tally different in look from the common
rhino, seeming to stand higher and to be
shorter in proportion to their height while
the hump and the huge. ungainly, square
mouthed head added to the dissmilarity
The common rhino is in color very dark
slate gray; these were rather lighter slate
gray; but this was probably mere individ-
ual popularity. for the best observers say
that they are of the same hue. The muzzle
is broad and square, and the upper lip with
out vestige of the curved, prehensile de-
velopment which makes the upper lip of
common rhino look like the hook of
turtles beak The stomachs contained
nothing but grass; it is grazing. not a
browsing animal
There were some white egrets-not as is,
usually the case with both rhinos and elc-
plants, the COW heron, but the slender,
black-legged, yellow-toed egret-on the
rhir1os, and the bodies and heads of both the
COW and the calf looked as though they had
been splashed with streaks of whitewash