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have been stolen by beasts ot prey troni tlie male 

 zebras. 



In an article on the domesticity of the zebra in 

 a Dar-es-Salaam piiljlication I toiind the opinion L;iven 

 that the wild zebra-herds were degeneratini^' by inter- 

 breeding'. Ihis statement is the outcome; of sheer 

 ignorance. 



Under the guidance of a very cautious and watchful 

 male leader the herd teels quite safe ; it the sportsman 

 wishes to ap[)roach th(^ herd he will h.ive to dixert its 

 attention. Enveloped in a cloud of dust, the herd gallops 

 oft to the o[)en plains should its suspicion be aroused ; 

 then one otten hears the peculiar dog-like barking noise, 

 which zebras frequently make at night. Zebras are 

 extraordinarily malicious animals ; the inmates of otir Zoo- 

 logical Gardens give us dailv proof of this. Savagery 

 and maliciousness are peculiar characteristics ot wild 

 equine species. ' 



It is known that when America was discovered 

 horses wert; not extant there, the native equine species 

 having long since died out. The great Spanish ex|)lorers 

 were the first to bring horses from Euroj)e into the 

 New \\\)rkl. Some that escaped from captivity soon 

 formed wild herds, and in the course ot time these 

 multi})lied exceed ingl\'. 



In America there is (juestion onl\" ot horses that 



ha\e become wild —the Texas pony, for instance, which 



so distinguished a judge of horseflesh as 1 lerr C G. 



Mliller-I)oan-Gusta\sruhe int'ornu^d me is now quite 



' D^iiihstic Animals, bv Julward Ilalin. 



