Htinting.

49 cry. The half of liis immense body was above water ; we hastened up and gave him the coxij) de grace.

A great number of natives ran up to draw him to land, but their strength did not suffice ; at last a hundred of them drew him out of the river with cords.

I had never supposed that the hippopotamus had such proportions. The canine teeth were well developed, and I was able to draw them, but for want of the necessary instruments it was not possible to take out the molars.

The steamer, following my orders, ought now to have been under steam, and time pressed. But one soldier was missing, and I was obliged to send to seek him. .On my arrival on board, however, I discovered him carried by a native. He had quitted my company to buy two little slaves, and now had them with him. This was the only one among all my men who had given continual proofs of insubordination, and I had already meditated giving him a lesson. A better occasion than the present could not be found, and I caused him to receive fifty strokes with a rope to check his passion for making slaves.