. Big game shooting [microform]. Big game hunting; Hunting; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse. Dead hipjios CHAPTER XTV THE HIPPOPOTAMUS V,\ V. J. jACKsnx Thk hip[)Oj)otamus (//. amphibius)^ known to the Swahili people as ' Kiboko,' is found nearly everywhere in East Africa where there is a sufficiency of water. In 1885 hippos were very plentiful in the river Tana, at the mouth, and for a few miles further up, but I am told that they have since then been either killed off by the Wapokomo, or been driven away, and have taken up their (juarters either in the O/i river or the salt-water creeks. They
. Big game shooting [microform]. Big game hunting; Hunting; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse. Dead hipjios CHAPTER XTV THE HIPPOPOTAMUS V,\ V. J. jACKsnx Thk hip[)Oj)otamus (//. amphibius)^ known to the Swahili people as ' Kiboko,' is found nearly everywhere in East Africa where there is a sufficiency of water. In 1885 hippos were very plentiful in the river Tana, at the mouth, and for a few miles further up, but I am told that they have since then been either killed off by the Wapokomo, or been driven away, and have taken up their (juarters either in the O/i river or the salt-water creeks. They arc still, however, very j^lentiful in the upper waters of this river beyond Koro- Koro, where the Wapokomo dare not go to hunt them for fear of other natives more warlike than themselves. In the Ozi, near Kipini, at the mouth of the river, they are to be found in fair numbers, and again further up beyond Kau, as also in the ,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918; Baker, Samuel White, 1821-1893. London : Longmans, Green
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