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"As the ship requires repairs, I must run into Rio de Janeiro, and from thence you will more easily get to Para, though I should have been very happy to have had your company round Cape Horn." Tony was much disappointed on hearing this. We had still a long run before us, and the prospect of Tony and Houlston's company on board for many days.
We made chase. Tony, who had fled to the yard, was at length overtaken by his pursuer, who began hitting him over the head and shoulders. I signed to my companions, and making a spring, jumped on Houlston's back and began belabouring him with might and main. I shouted to the others to come on and attack him on either side.
It indeed appears to be almost as amphibious as the hippopotamus, and has consequently been called Hippopotamus terrestris. We all laughed at Houlston's ill success. It was the first attempt, I believe, he had ever made at shooting. "The aim was not bad though," observed Tony, "and if the hide had been soft, the shot would have gone into it."
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