48o A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



" Although I had a special letter from the Emperor Menelik to the 

 governor of Simien, and from the latter to the different headmen, they 

 placed every sort of passive obstruction in the way of my shooting ibex, 

 and one and all seemed most anxious to get me out of the country as 

 quickly as possible, in spite of their receiving all the meat killed, besides 

 presents and liberal rewards." 



No. 

 and Se; 



Total shot, 4. — 3 S, I 9 . 



Locality. Date. R. Horn. L. Horn, '''^^-p^^''" Height. Girth. Length. Weight. 



167 (J I 25.6.00 4ogxiiJ 42ixii.i i6h 385 46i 9.59.69 276 11) 



i68c5 I 27.6.00 43^X11^ 43gxiii 124 42 484 ioi.66.75 



i69<^ I ,, 4iixiii 41x11 193 41 48 II. 654.75 254 11) 

 1709 



000 6 



o.KO (J 2 ..^ 43g Ail Horns only. 



xox i 3 (young). Horns and frontal only. 



I. Buiheat. 2. Hi (?) 3. Detjem. 



Measurements of Skulls. 



T.T Basal Orhit to Greatest 



^°- Length. Mu/zlfc. Width. 



167 ... ... 5.95 



169 10.60 7 5.95 



1^0 8.90 6 5.05 



Hippopotainits amphibiiis (Linn.). Hippopotamus or 



River-Horse. 



(Native name, " Gomarre."j 



The hippopotamus has been known from the earliest ages, and has 

 always excited wonder and admiration on account of its strange appearance 

 and unwieldiness. At present we have living only three species or races 

 of the genus Hippopotamus, all confined to Africa, namely : — 



Hippopotamus amphibius, from East, Central, and Southern Africa. 



Hippopotamus senegalensis, from Senegal and the West Coast of Africa 



Hippopotamus liberiensis, from Liberia. 



This latter is most interesting, for it is only the size of a domestic pig, 

 and is thus a representative of the pigmy fossil species found in the caves 

 at Malta. 



In former geological epochs, however, river-horses were much more 

 numerous, and fourteen species were spread over Europe, Africa, and Asia, 

 as far east as Java. 



