Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-22
1Hs nIppoporAmus.
sir $. n.ts. 9eciars. That Its Flesh IL
rnlallhie aud 1rnder.

fngi1hie nud icndcrs
Although The hippopoamns may ~ less
loathsonie than tho crl-niiie, Sir :. Baker
write. that "thcrc u no aniinal that he
al.liked more than the hlppopotamns, II
bo was compelled To travel ~ night upon
an African river 10 m ordinary boat"
Even without this limitation the hippopo,.
SINUS seems remarkably dangerous. Sir
+. Baker tell, how In broad daylight hip.
popotanus charged the steamer that was
towing biz dahbeeah. aud perforated the
iron pilfrs of the vessel In two place With
II. projecting tnsks No that IL mafc n
Dangerous leak.
ON another occasion. when the steamer
ri.ai over q hipropoiamus that was
walking taucr the manner of these beastsl
under water along the bcd Of the river.
the steamer ~ i0s tons gave leap Into tho
air, as the water was too shallow 10 permit
the hippopoiamus 10 pass beneath tho
keel. What became OF the hippopo,amus
was not nscertAined.
on another occasion hail hippopotamus
charged the dlah bocnh In the middle Of
the night aud sank small boat TINT was
fastened alnnside by biting large piece
ont 81 Il. "Not satisfied with this success,
Il then charged the iron vessel. md would
asrufcdiy hnvn sunk her n had not stop
ped tho onset by shot In the skull with
No. rifle Sir :. BAKER calls the animal
"s'upldiy PRECIOUS" when II Il In the
water. thoughit il comparatively timorous
on land. on one occasion he saw n man In
y boat wantonly attacked and killed by
hippopotamus.
The namran Arabs and some ~ the
tribes attack the hippopotamas with their
harpoons, and when the beast has been
thus securely hooked thoy drug II on shore
and slay II with their spears, while they
half blind Il by throwing sand into H. eyes.
But the hippopotamus sometimes gets tho
better Of them and escapes. Sir !. Baker
states a curious fact concerning q com
mercial change that has affected the hip
popotamus. Formerly ia tusks, or large
prominent teeth, were ia great request by
dentists 10 make artificial teeth. They
were superior 20 ivory la the permansnce
Of their color, and they never turned vel.
low. hut tho American Invention of ror-
oclain enamel for artificial teeth has de.
stroycd the value of the hippopot,mus'a
iusks, and they are now cheaper than
ivory.
some people may have wondered for
whA, good purpose such an ungainly aud
seemingly useless b,ast A. tho hlppopo,a.
mus was created. Sir $. Baker writes that
"a young cnlf hippopo,amns Is deliclou.
eating The feet when slowed are far N.
pcrior TO those of any other animal, ana
the skin make. excellent turtle soup. Tho
fesh " the animal l. always palaiablc. and
although the meat Of an old bull IL tough
II eau b. successfully treated by pounding
aud beating u on Hat stone until the
nber is totally destroyed, II II &. then
mixed with chopped onions, pepper sud
salt aud wild thyme IL will form either
rissolcs or cotelettcs do vcau by pleasing
transformation" What pity II h that
Sir ). Baker was not nj hand to net 49, cook
when Or. auckland, the dean Of wcstmin.
sicr, unfortunately made the archbishop
OF Canterbury seriously IN by Inducing
him TO partakc Of plain roast hippopota
musl--I.ongman's Magazine.