Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . eel blade about eleven inches long andthree-qarters of an inch in width, with a single barb. To it was attacheda strong rope twenty feet long, with a float as large as a childs head atthe extremity. Into the harpoon was fixed a piece of bamboo ten feetlong, around which the rope was twisted, while the buoy was carried onthe hunters left hand. After proceeding a couple of miles, a herd of hi
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . eel blade about eleven inches long andthree-qarters of an inch in width, with a single barb. To it was attacheda strong rope twenty feet long, with a float as large as a childs head atthe extremity. Into the harpoon was fixed a piece of bamboo ten feetlong, around which the rope was twisted, while the buoy was carried onthe hunters left hand. After proceeding a couple of miles, a herd of hippopotami were seen ina pool below a rapid surrounded by rocks. He, however, remarking thatthey were too wide-awake to be attacked, continued his course down the 28 434 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. stream till a smaller pool Was reached. Here the immense head .of ahippopotamus was seen, close to a perpendicular rock that formed a wall,to the river. The old hunter, motioning the travellers to remain quiet,,immediately plunged into the stream and crossed to the oppositebank, whence, keeping himself under shelter, he made his way directly^towards the spot beneath which the hippopotamus was lying. Stealthily. THE OLD ARAB ATTACKING THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. he approached, his long thin arm raised, with the harpoon ready tostrike. The hippopotamus, however, had vanished, but far from exhibiting sur-prise, the veteran hunter remaining standing on the sharp ledge, un-changed in attitude. No figure of bronze could be more rigid than thatof the old river king, as he thus stood, his left foot advanced, his right TRAVELS OF SIR SAMUEL AND LADY BAKER. 435 hand grasping the harpoon above his head, and his left the loose coil ofrope attached to the buoy. Three minutes thus passed, when suddenly the right arm of the statuedescended like lightning, and the harpoon shot perpendicularly intothe pool with the speed of an arrow. In an instant an enormous pair ofopen jaws appeared, followed by the ungainly head
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