450 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
Lengtl Circum- = eae Widest 7 
aaiside ere iene Tip to Tip. inside. Locality. Owner. 
174 108 303 Buenos Aires British Museum (G,. Claraz). 
(Niata Cattle) 
174 10% 254 India . British Museum. 
124 8 164 Angola . Sir Victor Brooke’s Collection. 
114 74 single horn Nepal . British Museum 
(B. H. Hodgson). 
The following specimens belong to British white park-cattle, which, 
although now half wild, are the descendants of domesticated breeds, 
probably nearly allied to the Pembroke :— 
seeeeetk: ee Tip to Tip. — Locality. Owner. 
184 93 363 Chartley Park Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
184 7 342 aie Do. Major James Grant. 
18} 102 20 21% Chillingham British Museum (Earl of 
Park Tankerville). 
9 184 7 10} 153 Do. Do. 
154 92 173 184 Northumber- British Museum (Duke of 
land Hamilton). 
15 74 20} Chartley Park Capt. G. W. Hill, R.N. 
The HIPPOPOTAMUS (Hippopotamus amphibius). 
Gumari, Abyssinian. 
Tkubu, Basuto. 
Zce-koe, Boer. 
Mourvu, Chilala. 
Dul, Danakil. 
Robi, Galla. 
Dorina, Hausa. 
Macow, Masai. 
Tumunto, M’Kua. 
Gerunt, Sudanese. 
Jtr, Somali. 
Kiboko, Swahili. 
Iimvubu, Swazi. 
Moubu, Waganda. 
Chivhubwe, Chila. 
Such a familiar animal as the uncouth and unwieldy hippopotamus 
—the largest member of the swine group—requires but little in the 
way of description here. It is distinguished from the pigs and wart- 
hogs by the broad and rounded muzzle—so unlike the disc-shaped 
snout of the latter—and consequently typifies a family by itself. The 
tusks and molars are likewise of a totally different and distinctive 
type; while the feet have four sub-equal toes with symmetrical, 
rounded nails. In all its organisation the hippopotamus is beautifully 
adapted for a semi-aquatic life; the eyes and nostrils forming the 
highest points of the head, and thus allowing it to come up and breathe 
with the least possible exposure of its body. The weight of a full- 
grown bull hippo is at least three tons, and the total length about 14 ft. 
Height at shoulder about 3 ft. 10 ins. Hippos are chiefly hunted 
for the sake of their hides, which are manufactured into sjamboks, or 
raw-hide whips. Their tusks have also a certain commercial value, 
