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." 



Total shot, 4. — 3 (J, I $. 



^n^g^^ Locality. Date. R. Horn. L. Horn. "^ j"p"" Height. Girth. Length. Weight. 



167 i I 25.6.00 40^X11^ 42ixnJ i6i 385 46i 9.59.69 276 lbs. 



168 c? I 27.6.00 43JXI1J 43ixiii i2i 42 4SI ioi.66.75 



i69<J I ,, 4iixiij 41x11 I9g 41 48 II. 65^.75 254 lbs. 



170? I .. i3>=5 ^i%>-S 7t 



Found or Presented, 

 oooi I 25.6.00 37ixiiJ 38S 18J 



o.xocj 2 .. 43 J 435 Horns only, 



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



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



Measurements of Skulls. 



Hippopotamus ainphihius (Linn.). Hippopotamus or 



River-Horse. 



(Native name, " Gomarre.") 



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 liberietisis, 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. 



