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THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 
water was considered the best for the pursuit 
of their game, they suspended their spo' 
when the flood set in. “At low water tl’® 
following morning, one party formed a 
across one of the shallows, when the dept'’ 
was not above two feet, while the boats weP* 
up the river and actually drove the anin^^'j 
down the stream, another party having lin^ 
the banks to prevent their taking to the woO 
ds 
and reeds. These, whenever the monstro^** 
but timid animals attempted to pass thet’’’' 
set up a shout, which, in most instanc^^’ 
proved sufficient to turn them back into 
water ; when, having collected a great 
on one shallow bank of sand, the whole 
the hunters from all sides commenced a 
gular cannonade upon the astonished bru^e®' 
Unwieldy as they appeared, still they 
played much activity in their efforts to esC^P 
the unceasing fire to which they were expos® 
The one-pound gun occasionally furrowed t 
