...Here, on whatwas evidently an island during flood time, we found innumerable tracesof both hippo and rhino—in fact the difficulty was to decide whichtrack was the best and freshest...
J. H. Patterson 「The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures」
...Weall got a fair amount of sport, our bag including rhino, hippo,waterbuck, reedbuck, hartebeeste, wildebeeste, ostrich, impala, oryx,roan antelope, etc...
J. H. Patterson 「The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures」
...The south bank is covered, where the falling waters haveexposed it, with hippo grass...
Mary H. Kingsley 「Travels in West Africa」
...The rest of the island is now coveredwith hippo grass looking like a beautifully kept lawn...
Mary H. Kingsley 「Travels in West Africa」
...While engaged on this hunt I felt the earth quiver under my feet,and heard a soft big soughing sound, and looking round saw I had droppedin on a hippo banquet...
Mary H. Kingsley 「Travels in West Africa」
...The hippo had vanished, but, far from exhibiting surprise, the old Arab remained standing on the sharp edge, unchanged in attitude...
Samuel White Baker 「In the Heart of Africa」
...Several times the hippo appeared, but invariably faced them, and, as Mr Baker could not obtain a favourable shot, he sent the old hunter across the stream to attract the animal’s attention...
W.H.G. Kingston 「Great African Travellers」
...I had this desire, in spite of the factthat for every hippo except the particular one whose head I coveted,I entertained the utmost good feeling...
Richard Harding Davis 「The Congo and Coasts of Africa」
...He was a very badlyscared hippo...
Richard Harding Davis 「The Congo and Coasts of Africa」
...The hippo heard us, and, like a baseball player caughtoff base, tried to get back to the river...
Richard Harding Davis 「The Congo and Coasts of Africa」
...Wenow were very near the hippo, and I shot him in the head twice, and,once, when he opened them, in the jaws...
Richard Harding Davis 「The Congo and Coasts of Africa」
...I thought, as the hippo at once disappeared,that it was done for...
Various 「Hunting in Many Lands」
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