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the Egyptians, by whom it was eventually exterminated. It is, how- 

 ever, improbable that a denizen of the Congo forest ever ranged so 

 far north. Moreover, it seems unlikely that the ancient Egyptians 

 ever penetrated so far south as the Semhki forest, or, at all events, 

 that they were so familiar with its animals as to make one of them 

 sacred to their god Set. Whatever animal the sche may have 

 been intended to represent, it thus seems fairly evident that it does 

 not depict the okapi. 



As regards the geographical range of the okapi, Dr. Einar 

 Lonnberg gives the following particulars on p. 309 of vol. ii. of the 



Fig. 79.— Skull of Male Okapi. 



Zoological Society's Proceedings for 1905. Starting from the river 

 Ubangi in the west about midway between Mobena and Jwese, the 

 boundary extends north-east towards Businga on the river Likami, or 

 somewhat north of that place, and then more east to the river Welle just 

 before it joins the Ubangi. From that point and eastward to a point 

 about midway between Amadi and Surwango the Welle forms the 

 northern boundary ; from the latter the boundary turns south-eastwards, 

 passing somewhat to the east of Mawambi, to continue to a point a 

 little west of Karimi. Not much south of this, the most eastern point 

 of the great forest, the line turns westward again, to cross the Congo 

 at Pontierville, whence it is continued in a westerly direction a little 



