THE HIPPOPOTAMUS 



{Hippopotamus amphibius) 



T'gao of Hottentots ; Imvubu of Amaxosa, Zulus, Swazis and 

 Matabele; Ikubu of Basutos and Bechuanas; Macow of 

 Masai; Robi of Galla; Tumunto of M'Kua; Kiboko of 

 Swahili ; Moubu of Waganda ; Jir of Somali ; Chivhubwe 

 of Chila ; Gumari of Abyssinia ; Mourvu of Chilala ; Dul 

 of Danakil ; Dorina of Hausa ; Girinti of Sudanese. 



The Hippopotamus or Zeekoe (Sea Cow) of the 

 Dutch colonists formerly inhabited practically all 

 the rivers, lakes and lagoons in South Africa from 

 the Cape to the Zambesi. 



With the exception of about thirty, which still 

 exist and continue to increase in the Orange River 

 between the Aughrabies Falls and the sea, they have 

 disappeared from the Cape Province, Natal and 

 Free State, and are now confined to the rivers in 

 the more northern portions of South Africa, where 

 they are still fairly common. They exist, for 

 instance, in the Limpopo, Olifants, Sabi, Crocodile, 

 Komati, Lomati, Usutu and Pongola Rivers. In 

 fact, from the northern corner of Zululand across 

 to the Okovango and Ngami Swamps to the Zambesi, 

 the Hippo still exists in goodly numbers. 



In 191 8 an old bull Hippo was shot in the Eteza 

 Lake in Zululand. The planters on the Umfolozi 



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