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care of for, besides, having a nice roomy in- 

 side house with large bathing tanks, they also 

 have an outdoor tank and a large roomy play- 

 ground. The Society of Zoology at Antwerp 

 is also especially famous for their hippopota- 

 mi, and several have been bred there very 

 successfully. 



In the Barnum and Bailey Circus there is 

 a huge hippopotamus which has been there 

 in charge of Mr. George Conklin, the man- 

 ager of the menagerie, for nearly twenty 

 years. It is quite wonderful to see this ani- 

 mal 's docility and tameness. Mr. Conklin can 

 make him open his mouth, come forward to be 

 scratched on the neck, and other little things 

 which are not particularly brilliant but 

 which, for a hippopotamus, show great talent. 

 His mouth when wide open is like a huge 

 cavern, and his cage has to be constantly 

 tested on account of his enormous weight. 



In the Zoological Gardens in Hamburg, 

 Germany, there is a huge male hippopotamus 

 which attracts a great deal of attention, and 

 which is noted for his strong likes and dis- 



