THE HIPPOPOTAMUS 



she would soon liave given her child proper nourishment. No 

 animal would give her young 'Nature's cordial' in the excited 

 state the poor creature must have been in, seeing her babe taken 

 from her ; no one except her keeper should have been allowed 

 to have seen her for a week or two. In compassion for the 

 mother and child, this time the writer hopes they will be 

 allowed retirement. "A Friend to Animals." 



The female, " Dil," presented by the Viceroy of Egypt 

 in 1854, was placed with " Obaysch " in the same building.' 

 The first young one was born February 21, 1871, and died 

 two days after its birth. She had a second young one 

 born January 6, 1872, and which died on January 10. 

 The third was born on November 5, 1872, and named 

 " Guy Fawkes." For some considerable time it was 

 uncertain of what sex this animal was, but it turned out 

 at last to be a female. She is still living, and when a few 

 months over five years old was as large as her mother ; in 

 fact, if it had not been for the small development of the 

 tusks and a smaller head it would have been difficult to 

 distinguish the mother from daughter. She eventually 

 became a much larger animal than her mother. 



CLEANING THE HIPPOPOTAMUS'S POND. 



On a fine and mild morning at the end of one 

 November I arranged to have the tank of Mrs. Hippo- 

 potamus's house emptied and cleaned, and in order to 

 manage this it was found necessary to let her and Miss 

 Guy out into the yard. I had successfully carried out 

 this operation upon three previous occasions. On the 

 first occasion the mother and young one did not notice 

 the large tank of water, but passed the time in the yard 

 eating the food that had been placed there to amuse them 

 and to keep them from the water. Upon the second 

 occasion the mother was not content to remain on land, but 



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