The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-04

wounded hippo. An this took place quicker
than il takes to tell the story, when the female
hippo WIS wounded by the Homran hunter oi
the Reiche party. The old hippo first dashed
into the wiIrr but soon rose TO the surface. aud
the Homraus pursued il with hnrpOOns and the
Germans with elephant guns. When the hippo
was fired ut II ilret tried to escape, but lnrgc
bail striking against the softer part of the skull
il became iniuriatcd. seemed to lose all sense
OF danger rushed up the hank out Of the river
attacked u lIomran. tearing piece of flesh out
of his thigh with It's great prOtuding teeth. and
would have killed Scheuinann. who had fired
the ball. II the Homrnns had not closed around
IL and dies patched II with their swords.
But when the llomrnns hunt the, hipp9 alone
mai makes on with The block u ambateh wood
they patiently watch it for about an hour Then
they jump into the water they never wear
any clothes on hunt. and try to get the block.
They swim like fish. dartng hundreds Of yards
under water. and fearless of the crpcOdiles
they pursue the wounded hippo guided by tho
ambntch block. and Selling the rope by the
block they drag the animal near the shore and
II ii rises othc surface give II another dose of
harppons. When tho hippo keeps in the mid
die Of the stream. where although the nmbatch
could BE- reached by swimming. 1t could not be
worked with sufficient force Tor want of lever
river, one slack and the other tight These
catch tho ambatch and hold 1t until tho HON.
rams lasso II from the shore and drag the ami
NAL in this way to the land.
Schaumann says the Homrans are such expert
swimmers they will keep near the harpoOned
hippo. following the nmbatch and he has seen
more than ono Jump up on the back of the ami
NAL. catch weapons thrown by those on shore.
and intict deep wounds with them into the
body of the STRUGGLING creature The hippOs
are much more afrnd Of a man on foot than Of
one or many on horseback. They will attack n
horse sooner than they will q man;
The Reiche party. with their Homrans. had
more luck this yenr in their hunt than they
ever had before. bringing back lQ2 animals and
birds from the hunting grounds OF the Nile
tributaries, besides many more which they
killed. eating some and leaving others to be
eaten by the natives or other animals. On the
way back they killed many erocodiles. and in
the stomach OF one large bull crocodile, about
fifteen feet long. they found young hippo.
Considering that the young hippos calved some
years ago in London weighed 09l pounds each
one day after birth, that crocodile must have
had severe job gulping down that young cal
hippo in Africa. II was not cut or chewed.
but simply pressed down into the stomach OF
the crocodile.
when the hunting party begins to move back
the hippos and other young and the dangerous
animals are placed in strong wooden boxes,
perforated with holes, and arc carried by
camclr. The camels 90 single file one after the
other. with long bars running from the sides OF
each camel. aud fastened " the saddle OF the
one in front and to the saddle of the camel IN
the rear. the boxes in which the animals are
then enclosed are put on the bars ana fastened
securely in the middle between the two camels
Besides the captured animals the party had "a
transport from the Humran country 80 or ~
goats. to furnish milk To- the young ones. II
takes the milk ~ % goats for one baby hippo
The hunters brought several dozen goatr with
them all the why from the country Of the HON.
rams 10 Marseille-. in France, hut hs the rail
road companies there charged IS francs apee,
for transportation OF the goats through France
thcy sold them in Marsellles for 10 francs
apiece. and fed the young animals from tina
time forth on cows milk aud eggs That is tn
diet ut present Of the young hippOs that live n
the large tank in the Auuurium whsro tn,
whale first and the seals afterwards made th-il
home before these odd strangers from Atric,
came to be the nine days wonder Of young New