A Hippo Banquet (Penguin Little Black Classics) By Mary Kingsley

A Hippo Banquet is an excerpt from Mary Kingsley’s Travels in West Africa, offering a vivid account of her adventures in the African wilderness. In this narrative, Kingsley describes a night-time encounter with a group of hippos, evading elephants, and even fending off a leopard with a stool. Her storytelling is marked by self-mocking wit and a keen observation of the natural world.

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