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[[underlined]] 2[[superscript]]nd[[/superscript]] Rhino [[/underlined]]
height at shoulder, 5'10".
Girth 10'6".
front horn, 23".
rear horn, 8".
length from nose to tip of tail, 12'8".
Round forefoot, 2'6".

[[underlined]] Dec 28 [[/underlined]]
The porter & boys have arrived.
A bad day. Away at 6:15, not feeling very fit.  Saw 2 leopards about half an hour after leaving camp, but unfortunately they also saw me at the same time & I failed to get near enough to shoot. We went first & cut up my yesterdays Rhino & then went to look for Eland. We came across three little leopard cubs, a few days old. The bed was still warm, but a careful search of the neighberhood revealed no trace of Mamma. I found Eland about 12 noon mixed up with about 100 Zebras and some kongoni.  After infinite pains & by moving the Zebra carefully, I got within 200 yards about 2:30 & fired at a magnificent bull.  I hit him as I thought in the right place but he went away as hard as he could. I pursued and caught him