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POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 



PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMI. 



The Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros is the largest of all liv- 

 ing rhinoceroses. A full-grown male is about 5 feet, 6 inches 

 in shoulder height, and 10 feet 6 inches long from end of 

 nose to root of tail. The length of the horn is not great, 

 rarely exceeding 12 inches. The skin is very thick, and lies 

 upon the animal in great rigid slabs which are divided by 

 articulating areas of thinner skin. 



The Hippopotamus, (Hippopotamus amphibius), is more 

 frequently seen in captivity than any of the large rhinoce- 

 roses, or the African elephant. In the lakes and large rivers 

 of central East Africa it still exists in fair numbers, and 

 still is killed for "sport." 



Strange as it may seem, this very inert and usually leth- 

 argic monster can, under what it deems just provocation, 

 become very angry, and even dangerous. Four years ago, 

 in one of the rivers of Uganda, a hippopotamus not only 

 overturned a boat, but killed one of its native occupants by 

 biting him. 



The Hippopotamus breeds readily in captivity, even under 

 poor conditions, and the supply for the zoological gardens 

 of the world is chiefly maintained in that way. The fine 

 male specimen exhibited in the Zoological Park was pur- 

 chased from the Central Park Menagerie, for $3,000, and is 

 a gift from Mr. Samuel Thorne. He was born on July 13, 

 1904. His weight on November 1, 1909, at five years of age, 

 was 3,114 pounds ; and he is growing rapidly. 



