is a very easy matter, with a certain amount of space, to get out of its way, since it is only able to turn slowly. A hippo almost invariably returns to the water, when alarmed, by the same road from which he left it, and one should therefore never run down or stand in the trail left by a hippo when on shore.

It is unwise to approach big game, especially in a circumscribed space, with a small-bore rifle such as the Mannlicher, since, however great its accuracy and penetration may be, its stopping power is practically nil. In this particular case my shoulder-shot at the first hippo passed through both shoulder blades and a rib, in each case leaving only a small hole, through which it would have been difficult to force an ordinary cedar pencil. My second bullet had entered just above the right eye and had penetrated the