-> The Hippopotamus 



trap-hole with a view to bringing it home alive the 

 trap-hole was quite near the coast. The attempt mis- 

 carried owing to the animal upsetting the transport cage, 

 into which he had been driven successfully, and coming 

 to grief, 



The ancients surpassed us all in such matters. They 

 knew how to capture, not hippopotamuses alone, but full- 

 grown specimens of all the other species of African 

 animals, with a view to making them take part in the 

 fights in the arena. 



The intelligence of the hippopotamus is of an extra- 

 ordinarily high order, considering its kinship with the 

 pig. To what a remarkable degree its scent is developed 

 only became known to me fully when I sought to photo- 

 graph the animals at night time. Unless I took the 

 utmost precautions they always got wind of me and 

 moved out of range of my camera, choosing a different 

 egress from the water. 



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