Perhaps there were some repeaters, ones that were counted twice, but even allowing for that there were still some left.

We saw big ones and little ones, old ones and young ones, and middle-aged ones; ones with long ears, short horns, double horns, and single horns; black ones and red ones--in fact, all the kinds of rhinos that are resident in British East Africa.

One had an ear gone and another had a crook in his tail.

If we had stayed another week we might have got out a Tana River Rhino Directory, with addresses and tree numbers.

We studied them fore and aft, from in front of trees and from behind them, from close range and long range, over our shoulders, and through our cameras, every way whereby a conscientious lover of life and nature can study a prominent member of the Mammalia.