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Show have not yet been able to procure, although I visited the reserve in which they lived for this special purpose last winter. Their traces were abundant, but my time was limited, and they could not be found. There are, I believe, about ten of these animals living in that reserve, and I do not despair of yet obtaining a photograph of them in life, in which case I shall be pleased to send you a copy of it. Early last December two of the animals (both bulls), one a very old one and the other not full-grown, strayed out of the reserve into one of the native locations and were killed. I obtained three photographs of one of them, the old bull, taken by an amateur two or three days after it had died. I am forwarding by the same mail as this a copy of each of these photographs, which you are welcome to, and which, I think, demonstrate the fact that they were taken from a specimen of the White Rhinoceros, although the carcass was a good deal distended. The killing of these two Rhinoceroses was most unfortunate. They suddenly appeared among some native kraals, and the men went out and attacked them with spears. The young one was killed outright; that of which the photograph was taken travelled a long distance after being wounded, and was not found until some days had elapsed. Yours faithfully, Alfred Newton, Esq. C . R. S a u n d e r s As these photographs were probably the only representations Text-fig. 39. 1903.] PROF. NEWTON ON THE WHITE RHINOCEROS. 223 Recently-killed Rhinoceros simus, adult <3*. Dcc. 1902. P r o c . Z o o l . S o c .- 1903, V o l . I. No. XV. 15 |