HAUNTS AND HABITS OF OKAPI 
on leaves and twigs. In the German periodical Globus, of 
Dec. 22, 1905, there appeared some additional notes fur- 
nished by an explorer, Dr. J. David, of the district west of Lake 
Albert Edward. From this account it appears that the okapi 
dwells in the most dense parts of the primeval forest, where 
there is an undergrowth of solid-leaved, swamp-loving plants 
and climbers which form a thick and confused mass of vegeta- 
tion. The leaves of these plants are blackish green, grow 
more or less horizontally, and are glistening with moisture. 
The effect of the light falling upon them is to produce along 
the midrib of each a number of short, white streaks of light, 
which contrast most strongly with the shadows cast by the 
leaves themselves, and with the general gloom of the forest. 
On the other hand, the thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground 
and the bulk of the stems of the forest are bluish brown and 
russet, so that the whole effect is precisely similar to the russet 
head and body, and the striped thighs and limbs, of the okapi, 
which could not be seen thirty yards. Dr. David recalls that 
the German explorer Junker recorded in his “Travels” (Reisen 
in Afrika, 1875-1886; Vienna, 1880-1891) that in 1878 or 1879, 
in the Nepo district, he saw a portion of the skin of this animal 
which he mistook for something else; and he notes that it was 
called by Nepo people ‘‘makapi.”” Dr. David adds that by 
the Arabianized slaves about Lake Albert Edward the animal 
is known as ‘‘kenge.” There may be two species. 
An interesting incident of the rediscovery of the okapi is 
its identification by archeologists with certain Egyptian antiq- 
uities not heretofore understood. 
The ideas at the base of their religious mythology led the dwellers along 
the Nile three thousand years or more ago to depict many of their gods and 
demigods with animal heads, symbolic of their origin and The God 
traits. Among these a prominent one is Set, brother (and Set. 
murderer) of the great god Osiris. After a rebellious career, he was ex- 
pelled from civilized Lower Egypt, and was reduced to the mean rank of 
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