XLV.--THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.

Invaluable--Antipathy to human beings--Hippopotamus'

hide--Impervious to water--Resistance to destroying forces--All

parts of the animal utilised--Parts subservient to the

beautiful--Hippopotamus' land--Numerous herds--Their keepers--How

attired--The herb antipathetic to hippopotami--How

discovered--Experiment with the young beast--Antipathetic solution

keeps animals away from cities--They love fresh-water rivers--The

Aoe waters prejudicial to man--Mode of rearing

Hippopotami--Precautions adopted--Why they have not been able to

rear animal in Western Europe--Recommendations--Habits of the

animal--The hippopotami--dance--How the young one is separated from

the mother--How a hippopotamus is removed from the herd--The food

of the hippopotamus in general

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