| Show NEW IN THE ANIMAL WORLD okapi astonished explored Ex ploren inc mj only a fe few specimens specimen have hav ever ver been obtained some borne time before 1890 stany staney the explorer had word from the pigmy negroes of a new beast in the impenetrable depths of the virgin forest which borders the river in the th belgian congo the natives described it as a species of donkey and called it attl from their further description it seemed to be a hoofed animal of considerable size which lived upon leaves in 1899 sir clarry johnston himself saw the pip pig tales who fully confirmed what stanley had already told him bim but added that the strange beast was striped like ilk a zebra in 1901 ft Swed swedish lh officer XI NJ karl kari erikson obtained a complete skin and two skulls which he sent to sir II 11 harry a rry johnston who nho then believed the beast to be of the giraffe tribe previously found in a fossil state in greece it was however proved conclusively avely that although of the giraffe family it was not the animal of ancient greece but B R new beast altogether it was wag subsequently given the name of no more than a dozen specimens of this wonderful beast have been secured |
