A Hippopotamus Hunt

The two boya had tho good fortune to secure the friendship and protection of Kalulu, a boy about Seliin's ago, tho adopted son and heir of tho Watuta king.- They wero assigned quartcrsas comfortablo as tho negro cabins afforded, and were treated by Kalulu as honored guests, and he entertained them with various arausoments. Of theso tho hunting espeditions wero the most exciting. And, atnong tho best of them, was tho hippopotamus hunt. - The threc boys set out gaily one morning for the river Liemba, a short distauco from the village. They wero acconipanied by two warriors of the tribe, and also by two negro men, Simba and Moto, who had formerly been slaves to 8elim's father, and who, now that the father had been slain in battle, resolved not to forsako the son, but to watch over and care for him. Simba was a giant in size and strength, and Moto was tho man of brains. He had a verv cunnine head on ders, and could always give good advice. The party wero all weü armed. They sooii reached the river, and getting into a canoe, paddled swiftly down the stream to tho feeding grounds of the hippopotarui. Thoy landed at noon upon an island, and had just finished their lunch when they heard a low, deep bellowing very near thein. They were on their feet in an instant, and ran noiselessly to the edgo of the island, and counted the heads of a herd of hippopotami quietly enjoying the cool, deep waters. ' Five of them !" cried Kalulu. " Now for sport!" They quickly divested themselves of part of their clothing, anticipating the possibility of a swim, and jumped into the oanoe, Simba and Moto taking the paddies, and one of the warriors seizing the harpoon, to plunge it hito tho animal that should first approach. ïhey had not long to walt. A monstrous head and neck soon arose out of the water, close to the bow of tho boat. At the same instant the harpoon was shot into the neck. The wounded animal iminediately sank and swam up the river, dragging the boat after him with frightful speed, for the rope of the harpoon was fastened to it. But in a few minutes the speed slackened, and the boat began to float down streain. " Vuil back !" cried the harpuoner. Simba and Moto dashed the paddies into the water, but it was too late ; up carne the gigantic head of the hippopotamus, right under the canoe, which was shot into the air, while its occupants tuinbled heels over head into the water. They all swam to the shore in safety oxcept Abdullah, who was wounded by a erocodile but rescued by Kalulu, Simba, and Moto. After landing and. taking care of Abdullah, the next proceeding was to hunt for the canoe, which had been dragged off by the wounded hippopotamus. It was found among the reeds of the island, with the body of the daad hippopotamus still fastened to it by the harpoon line. - Together they dragged the huge creature into shallow water, and loaded the canoe with part of his flesh, which is esteeined n greut delicacy. Then they lifted Abdullah carefully into the boat, and return ed to tho village, where the young Arab