The evening world., 1912-06-12
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Anon woody rhinocsres. rsessssxn9
the Rhinocsros tiohorhinus that sxIssed
contsmporansously on earth with the
mammoth. came to drink the water that
had partly cooled. II Wa itself q Tor
madab,s booking bsast. basf In an instant
the monster again rushed from conceal
ment with the same tremsndous spood
The rhinoceros tanned In the direction
OF the sound. and. lowering ito head.
faced the foe. The ants shears. how
ever. paused beneath the horn, and.
fastening upon the left forslsg. cut Il
on with loud snap.
Now 10 our chance" exclaimed Cort-
iandt; I'VE may kill the brute before
he 10 through with tho rhinoccros."
stop . bit. DOCTOR" said Dsarwarden.
I'VE have . rood record 20 far: let Us
Keep up our reputation for being sports.
Wait till he caa attend to U.S."
The encounter was over IN less than
. minute. three Of the 'rhinoosros's legs
being taken OF and the head almost
severed from the body. Taking up tn.
legs In its manditass. the murdsrous
creature was rsturnlnE TO its iaAr. when.
with the cry OF Nov for the frayr"
Bearwsrdsn aimed beneath tn body and
leGs from the inads. "shoot on the
legs on the same sids." no counsslied
Ayrauh. while he himself kept up q
rapid Ore. Cortlandt tried 10 dlsconcsrt
the enemy ~ raining duck shot on its
scale protected eyes. while the two rines
tore on great masses OF the horn that
covered tho enormously powerful legs.
Tho men separated ~ they retreated.
knowing that one slash Of the great
shears would cut their three bodies In
halves II they were caught together.
The monster had dropped the remains
OF the rhinoceros when attacked. AMI
made for the huntsrs At its tor sosed.
which was somewhat reduced ey the
loss Of ono leg. Before u came within
cutting distance. however. another on
the same side vas gone. Ayrauit having
landed . buffet on q SPOT already
stripped of armor. After this the men
had no difS1culty In keeping out OF It's
way. though II s,iil moved with some
speed. shipping or young trees In It's
path like grass. Finally. having blown
the scales from one eye. the travellers
sent In . bullet that exploded In the
brain and ended Its career.
This has been by all ODDS the meet
exciting hunt We have had" said Az
rnuit. both on account Of the deter
mined nature and great speed OF the
attack. and the almost inpossibility Of
dnding . vulnerable spot"
ANYTHING short Of sxp,osivs suiisss.''
added Bearwardsn. would have been
powerless against this beast. for tAs
armor In many passss 10 manly . fset
thick"
This 10 also the most extraopAinAry
~ we'll az most daneereus creature With
which We have had to dsaa." said Corr.
landt, because Il y IN enormously sn-
lsrssd insect. With Ill the inhsrsat
ferocity and strength. II 10 almost the
exact counterpart Of an African soldier
an. masnified many hundred thoussnd
times 7 wonder" he continued thought
fuzzy. III our latter day insects may not
be tho deteriorsted I'm point of sise)
descendants OF the monsters Of mythol-
ogy and geOo3y. for nothing could 60
more terrible or ferocious antagonist
than many of our well known insects "
sufficiently enlarged. No animal now
alive has more than small fraction Of
the strength In proportion to It's size, Of
the minutest spider or nea. II may be
that through lack OF food. difficulties
Imposed by changing climates. and tho
necessity OF burrowing In winter. or
through some other conditions changed
from what they were accustomed TO.
tNeir size has been reduced. and that the
nreflies. huge as they seemed. are Q
step In advance OF this specimen in the
march Of deterioration or invoiu.ion,
vhich will end by making them M In
significant as those on earth. These
ants have probably come into tho woods
to lay their eggs, for, from the behavior
Of the animals Wa watched from thu
turtle. there must have been several: or
p"rhips n war IL In progress between
those OF different color. as on earth.
IN which ease the woods may be full
of them. Doubtless the reason the turtle
seemed 90 unconcerned at the general
uneaslness OF the animals was because
he knew he could make himself invul-
nerable to the marauder by simply clos
ing his she'll and we were unmolested
because II did not occur to the ant re.
any soft-sheled creatures could bo on
the turtles back"
Il think" said Bearwarden. 1T Gill
be the part OF wisdom 10 return to ths
Canlsto and do the rest Of our explor-
ing ON Jupiter from a safe height; for.
though wa succeeded In disabling this>
beauty. II was largely through luck, and
had we not done so we should pPobah1y
have provided . bonns bouchs Tor eur
deceased friend Instead Of staadaas -
his grave"
Accordingly thsy yreessdsA end vses
delighted. q tow miAutss later, b -
the sunlight reflected from the projoo.
tiles polished roof.
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