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This is, of course, mere theory, but it is supported by the well authenticated parallel case of the Nylghau more properly Nile Ghaut which derived its name from the singular fact that it was never seen by any human being in the neighborhood of the Ghauts of the Nile. The general aspect of the Rhinoceros is that of a hog in armor on a grand scale.
To me he said: 'Take charge, Mahommed Gunga, when the hour comes, and rub his innocent young nose hard as you like into the middle of the mess! Ay, sahib, so said he. It is now that I take charge." "But " "'But, said the nylghau, and the wolf-pack had him! 'But, said the tiger, and the trap door shut! 'But, said the Hindoo, and a priest betrayed him!
Forgotten what?" "It isn't beef," he said quietly. "It's big antelope." "What! eland?" I cried joyously. "No; the big, solid-hoofed antelope that eats like nylghau or quagga." "What do you mean?" I said wonderingly, as I mentally ran over all the varieties of antelope I had seen away on the veldt. "The big sort with iron soles to their hoofs.
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