We never saw it eat aquatic plants or reeds.

The tusks seem weapons of both offence and defence.

The hippopotamus trap consists of a beam five or six feet long, armed with a spear-head or hard-wood spike, covered with poison, and suspended to a forked pole by a cord, which, coming down to the path, is held by a catch, to be set free when the beast treads on it.

Being wary brutes, they are still very numerous.

One got frightened by the ship, as she was steaming close to the bank.