"Okapi" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... publication. The author, Mr. J. Minch Howson, whose text has been revised by the publishers, has had some astonishing experiences as a bonzo-hunter in the Aruwhimi forest. On one occasion he was rescued by a mad elephant from the jaws of an okapi, into which he had inadvertently fallen while flying from a gorilla. During his residence among the pygmies Mr. Howson became such an adept with the long blow-pipe that they offered him the headship of the tribe; but, as this involved the adoption of anthropophagous habits, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 • Various
... said, "Yes. In Belgium, where my organ-grinder took me five years ago, they had an okapi in a big ...
— The Story of Doctor Dolittle • Hugh Lofting
... taxis prowl, And growlers, still surviving, growl, And agonised pedestrians howl, Seeing the traffic skid, There lions roamed the swampy glade, There the superb okapi brayed, And many a mighty mammoth made Whatever noise ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 • Various |
