26 NOVEMBER 1948, page 12
Hippopotamus Land
By CLELAND SCOTT Nairobi. W HEN viewed in a zoo the hippopotamus appears as a hideous inert lump of flesh, and one wonders how he came by the name of "river horse." When you see......
Horse Trade
By GEORGE GODWIN A CENTURY ago the horse was a valuable animal. It is a valuable animal still. But with a distinction. In 1848 a horse was valuable alive ; in 1948 it is most......
Recent Verse"
"The sound is forced, the notes are few " Said Blake ; the first four words are true. Not so the rest ; the poor reviewer Must sometimes wish the notes were fewer. EDWARD MARSH.......