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man promised to do all in his power to obtain a specimen or specimens 

 of the okapi for Sir Harry from the natives of his district. Some months 

 later, when Sir Harry Johnston had returned to the more civilized portion 

 of the Uganda protectorate, he received by messengers from Mr. Ericsson 

 a complete skin, including the hoofs, and two skulls of the okapi. 



One of the most remarkable facts in this story is that Sir Harry, with- 



THE WAPI OR OKAPI. 



out access to books and specimens for comparison, such as men of science 

 have at their command in European museums, immediately determined 

 with complete accuracy the nature of the okapi. He made — and has re- 

 cently published — a sketch of the animal, showing it as he supposed, from 

 the examination of skin and skull, it would have appeared when living. 

 Its cloven hoofs showed that it was not of the zebra tribe, but related to 



