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THE BABYHOOD OF WILD BEASTS
Ranging over the same territory, except Java, is the Sumatran or Sondiac Rhino, two horns, a rough blackish coat, covered with a coat of long, thin, bristling hair.
The African species consists of the common white, and the white square nosed, long horned varieties and the black, horned, and black long lipped. Lions and leopards give this old veteran a wide berth. No creature cares to encounter him when it can be avoided.
So we'll say good-bye to our gallant old warrior and hope he'll be spared to us down through the ages to come.
