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Safari , p. 144. On the Nile, on several occasions, it 
occurred that subaquatic grunts were heard from hippos 
that we knew to be close by, though not one was in sight, 
and though we had an uninterrupted view of a full stretch 
and breadth of the river. I remember an analogous case 
with the big seals in Spitsbergen, whose sibilant submarine 
calls were clearly audible though not a seal was in sight. 
The Norsk harpooneers would stop rowing and endeavour 
by sound only to locate the position of an unseen seal. 
Also, I find quoted in my Wild Norway (p. 349) this 
extract from Mr Arnold Pike’s Spitsbergen diary of 
1888-9:—“May 17th—Heard blue seals whistling under 
water. Their cry is audible for half a mile, not unlike 
the whining of a dog. The sealers say it is not heard 
after early June.” 
Dimensions of Hippopotami. 
Length. 
/•--*-N 
Snout to Tail. Tail. Total. Shoulder-height. 
A. Bull . 12 ft. 3 in. + 1 ft. loin. = 14 ft. 1 in. *about 4 ft.\ Brain 
B. „ . 12 ft. o in. + 1 ft. 8 in. = 13 ft. 8 in. *under 4 ft. ivery small, 
t C. Cow . 10 ft. 6 in. + 1 ft. 7 in. = 12 ft. 1 in. 3 ft. 9 in. 
* No measurements could be taken accurately, as the animals lay awkwardly, 
f The cow contained a brick-red foetus, 36 inches long, on February 17th—now in 
British Museum. 
Behemoth in Death. 
Shot and sketched, “ Hippo Basin,” February 16th, 1914. 
