Provo Daily Enquirer | 1893-01-25 | Page 1 | Only a Score of White Rhinoceroses

only a score of white mite rhinoceroses Rhinoceros es from a letter addressed to that renowned sportsman mr selous it appears pea rs that that curious and rare animal the white rhinoceros has had not yet gone the way of the dodo and the great bustard though some have ventured to give mr selous authority for saying g t that hat he ha is extinct es it is to tho the occupation of northern Masho which has kept he pt the native hunters to the west of the river that this gentleman attributes the fact that in this part a few specimens still survive the constant c t t persecution se oe which in less than twenty ye bearg las has utterly exterminated them in every other portion of south central con atal A africa fria there may yet mr selous adds ba ten bonor or even twenty of these animals left but certainly not more I 1 think thau the latter number london news kewa