Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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rnr.sr.nr.iTfox of mammal skixs thry ;iiv often shot while they are in deep water, where they may sink to the bottom or float down stream. Because of this many fine specimens have heen lost. The surest way is to sur- prise and shoot them on shore, if possible. This must he done at night howexer, as during the day they readily scent approach- ing danger and rarely lea\(" the water. The liest method then- fore in shooting the hippo is to plan the work at a point where the carcass if it drifts down stream, will lodge in the shallows or on a sand bar. Then the "boys" (natives) gather abont and roll it as near the shoie as possible. But even tluui it is likely that all the measm-ing and cutting up must be done in the w^ater. After careful taking of notes and measurements, the carcass is skinned. The African natives, and especially those of the Wa- kamba tribe, are very skillfid with tiie knife and are of great assistance in this work. One boy, in particidar, could take a specimen as large as a zebra, skin it perfectly, with the legs "round" (that is, not cut), salt, dry and fold it for carrying. Not a scrap of flesh goes to waste as the natives are decid- edly carnivorous. If se\cral animals have Ijcen killed all the meat is carried to camp, and after the choicest parts have
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Photograph by James L. Clark Giraffe (female) of the five-horned variety. Photographs and color studies are made for use in the later mounting of the .skin.

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