. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . canoe, one of them losinghis paddle. Nothing would induce them to attend to the boat, as I hadfired a second shot at the crocodile as a quietus, and the natives didnot know how often the alarming noise would be repeated. Accordinglywe were at the mercy of the ppwerful stream, and the canoe was whiskedw. A.—6 82 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. i t>tfrtd by the eddy; hardly had we realized our peril when a tremendouscommotion took place, and in an instant a great bull hippopotamuscharged the canoe, and with a severe shock striking the bottom he
. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . canoe, one of them losinghis paddle. Nothing would induce them to attend to the boat, as I hadfired a second shot at the crocodile as a quietus, and the natives didnot know how often the alarming noise would be repeated. Accordinglywe were at the mercy of the ppwerful stream, and the canoe was whiskedw. A.—6 82 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. i t>tfrtd by the eddy; hardly had we realized our peril when a tremendouscommotion took place, and in an instant a great bull hippopotamuscharged the canoe, and with a severe shock striking the bottom he liftedus half out of the water. The natives in the party positively yelled withterror, not knowing whether the shock was in any way connected with(lie dreaded report of the rifle; the black women screamed; and w©Degan to make use of our rifles. The hippopotamus, proud of having disturbed us, but doubtless think-ing us rather hard of texture, raised his head to take a last view of hissnemy, and then sank rapidly. Hippopotamus heads of enormous size. FEROCIOUS ATTACK BY A HIPPOPOTAMUS. •vere on all sides, appearing and vanishing rapidly as they rose to surveyus; at one time we counted eighteen upon the surface. Having recoveredthe lost paddle, I prevailed upon the boatmen to keep the canoe steady9rhile I made a sketch of the Murchison Falls, which being completed!.We drifted rapidly down to the landing-place at the deserted fishing-villagesfed bade adieu to the navigation of the lake and river of Central Africa., The few huts that existed in this spot were mere ruins. Clouds had■j>;©Ftended rain, and down it came, as it usually did once in every twenty-four hours. However, that passed away by the next morning, and theday broke, discovering us about as wet and wretched as we were r: xuS THE NIAGARA OF AFRICA. 83 fcomed to be. I now started off four of my men with the boatmen andthe interpreter Bacheeta to the nearest village, to inquire whether ourguide, Rabonga, had ar
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