HIPPO AND CANOE
Mr Culwick and his wife were in a large canoe on the Kuhuji River upstream from Mkasu, carrying 20 persons, when the hippo rose and attacked the boat. It gave the canoe such a violent blow’ that a native standing in the bow was thrown overboard. , Terrified and blinded in the murky water, the native caught what he imagined to be the side of the overturned qanoe. To the astonishment of the onlookers—for the canoe had not been upset—the native emerged holding on to the tail of the hippo, making frantic efforts to climb on to its back. He was hauled on board. . , . . The hippo was by this time thoroughly angry, and attacked the canoe four times. Finally he placed one of, his forefeet in the canoe. ' A native chiet, however, slashed at the would-be passenger with a paddle, and the hippo finally retired, but not before three large pieces had been ripped from the side of the canoe. _
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22084, 14 October 1933, Page 15
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162HIPPO AND CANOE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22084, 14 October 1933, Page 15
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