As I drew near I discovered two rhinoceroses asleep beneath a thick mass of bushes.

They were lying like pigs, close together, so that at a distance I had been unable to distinguish any exact form.

It was an awkward place.

If I were to take the wind fairly I should have to fire through the thick bush, which would be useless; therefore I was compelled to advance with the wind directly from me to them.

The aggageers remained about a hundred yards distant, while I told Suleiman to return and hold my horse in readiness with his own.