. Sea and land [microform] : an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge ... : being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales ... : also a natural history of land-creatures such as lions, ... : to which is appended a description of the cannibals and wild races of the world, their customs, habits, ferocity and curious ways. Zoology; Natural history; Zoologie; Sciences naturelles. 646 SEA AND LAND. u trc'o that overlmiigs tlio wt'll-troiKh'ii piUli of the blppopol tnus. The har[)<)oii is hold susp
. Sea and land [microform] : an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge ... : being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales ... : also a natural history of land-creatures such as lions, ... : to which is appended a description of the cannibals and wild races of the world, their customs, habits, ferocity and curious ways. Zoology; Natural history; Zoologie; Sciences naturelles. 646 SEA AND LAND. u trc'o that overlmiigs tlio wt'll-troiKh'ii piUli of the blppopol tnus. The har[)<)oii is hold suspended by a tritrgor, which is *iprung by a line that connects V ilh the ground and is strung; across the patliway. When the nninal comes waddling over his usual route, his legs strike against the strini;, the trigger is thus sprung, and the poisoned point of the heavily weighted harpoon descends into his back, when, if the blow is not immediately fatal, death soon ensues from the wound and poison, The hippopotamus is at home in the water for he can swim like a fish and dive like a loon. Before diving he inflates his lungs by a long respiration, and then sinks by a means which natuii has given him,bui which naturalists do not attempt to explain. He cannot remain under water for more than ton minutes at a time, but when anxious to id discovery he raises his nose barely '.* ^"^6 the surface, generally among i â : ne drift, and there remains secure, 'â o-c the keenest eye is hardly able to detect him. The female brings forth a single oalf at a birth and guards it with most zealous care, though sometimes, espe- cially in captivity, the mother becomes unnatural and destroys her young. In the Jardin des Plantesâzoological gar- denâof Paris, a hippopotamus vicious- ly killed her new-born calf by tearing it to pieces, and upon a second birth, two years after, she killed her calf again, though it is supposed, this time, accidentally, while teaching it to swim. The young hippopot
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