NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



were quite common in all the hilly districts of the 

 Cape ; but thanks to the wholesale and indiscriminate 

 shooting indulged in by the colonists, this beauti- 

 ful and harmless animal has been reduced to a few 

 comparatively small troops. These exist amongst 

 the rugged and often almost inaccessible mountains, 

 such as the Cedarberg in Piquetberg, the Rogge- 

 veld in Sutherland, the Swartberg between Prince 

 Albert and Oudtshoorn, the mountains in George, 

 the Sneeuwberg in Graaf Reinet, the Winterhoek 

 in Uitenhage, and amongst the mountain ranges of 

 Cathcart and Cradock. 



Owing to the recent stringent enforcement of 

 the Government regulations prohibiting the destruc- 

 tion of the Mountain Zebra, this animal has in- 

 creased considerably in the mountain districts of 

 the Cape. In some mountain ranges where there 

 was formerly only, one small troop, there are now 

 several troops. Much public revenue could be 

 obtained if the wild animals of the country were 

 judiciously bred and sold to the various Zoological 

 Gardens throughout the world. 



A few Mountain Zebras probably still exist in 

 South-West Africa, but there cannot be many, for 

 the Hottentots of those parts are keen hunters and 

 good shots, and have, ere this, accounted for most, if 

 not all, of these Zebras in the mountain parts of 

 South-West Africa. 



For many years past considerable numbers of 

 these Zebras have been captured alive and shipped 



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