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but from what I could hear, very few elephants come to grief in 
them. Elephants in the wet season wander along the banks 
of the Kikavo and Weri-weri rivers to the Sogonoi hills, and 
to the bush around Lake Jipe. At all seasons of the year there 
is generally a herd in the Kahe forest. 
Rhinoceros bicornis (Swahili, Kifaru). The rhinoceros is 
particularly common in the plains to the east and north-east of 
Kilima-njaro, but is also found nearly everywhere. In one 
day’s march we once counted sixteen. They feed principally in 
the bush on twigs, and lie out during the day on the open 
plains. The are usually found singly or in a family, consisting 
of a full-grown bull and cow with a half-grown calf. Their 
sight is not good, but they have great powers of smell. 
Although the people of Useri said they did much damage to 
their banana plantations on the mountain, we never saw their 
tracks at that elevation. 
Every diversity in size and shape of horns is met with, the 
back horn often being longer than the front one. The horns of 
the best bull killed measured, front horn 29J inches, back horn 
19 inches; best cow, front horn 32 inches, back horn 21 inches. 
Burciiell’s Zebra. Equus Burchelli (Swahili, Punda Milia). 
Very common everywhere on the plains in immense herds, and 
often seen in the thin thorny bush. 
Hippopotamus. Hippopotamus amphibius (Swahali, Kiboko). 
There are several schools, in Lake Jipe, and some are generally 
found in every large swamp. One was killed by the W’Arusha 
with spears in the Kikavo river after an exciting hunt. At 
night they often travel three or four miles to feed. 
Wart-iiog. Phacoccerus (Swahili, Bango or Nguruwe). 
Common everywhere on the plains, principally in the thin thorny 
bush. Great damage is done by pigs to the Indian-corn crops 
in Taveta. Whether this is done by a bush-pig or the wart-hog 
I was unable to ascertain, though Mr. Johnston states that 
wart-hogs are found 011 Kilima-njaro up to 8000 feet. We 
never observed them or saw any tracks of them. 
Buffalo. Bubalus caffir (Swahili, Mbogo, and on the coast 
