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Safari, p. 144. On the Nile, on several occasions, it 

 occurred that subaquatic grunts were heard from hippos 

 that we knew to be close by, though not one was in sight, 

 and though we had an uninterrupted view of a full stretch 

 and breadth of the river. I remember an analogous case 

 with the big seals in Spitsbergen, whose sibilant submarine 

 calls were clearly audible though not a seal was in sight. 

 The Norsk harpooneers would stop rowing and endeavour 

 by sound only to locate the position of an unseen seal. 

 Also, I find quoted in my Wild Norway (p. 349) this 

 extract from Mr Arnold Pike's Spitsbergen diary of 

 1888-9 " May 1 7th Heard blue seals whistling under 

 water. Their cry is audible for half a mile, not unlike 

 the whining of a dog. The sealers say it is not heard 

 after early June." 



Dimensions of Hippopotami. 

 Length. 



Snout to Tail. Tail. Total. Shoulder-height. 



A. Bull . 12 ft. 3 in. + i ft. 10 in. = 14 ft. i in. *about 4 ft. ) Brain 



B. . 12 ft. o in. + i ft. Sin. = 13 ft. 8 in. *under4 ft. j very small. 

 \C. Cow . 10 ft. 6 in. + i ft. 7 in. = 12 ft. i in. 3 ft. 9 in. 



* No measurements could be taken accurately, as the animals lay awkwardly, 

 f The cow contained a brick-red foetus, 36 inches long, on February i7th now in 

 British Museum. 



BEHEMOTH IN DEATH. 

 Shot and sketched, "Hippo Basin," February i6th, 1914. 



