CONTENTS Xlll 



CHAPTEK XII 



ZEBRAS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS 



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Peculiar to Africa — Perfectly adapted to savage landscape 

 — Ancestors of equine race — The Hipparion — Strip- 

 ings — Lord Norton's hybrid — The four forms of Zebra 

 — Appearances in history — The Mountain Zebra — 

 Habits and distribution — A magnificent spectacle — 

 Ferocity — Examples at Zoological Gardens — Grevy's 

 Zebra — Characteristics and range — Burchell's Zebra 

 — Description — Pace — Chapman's variety — Present 

 distribution — Experiments in harness — The Quagga 

 — Now extinct — Description — Former plenty — Fine 

 spectacle — Eestricted range 151 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE WHITE RHINOCEROS 



Mr. Coryndon's two specimens — Rarity of this species — 

 Discovered by Burchell — Restricted habitat — Former 

 abundance — Easily shot — Recentre-discovery of white 

 rhinoceroses in Zululand — Six shot in 1894 — De- 

 scription and habits of the animal — Immense bulk — 

 Oswell's adventure — Curious trait of mother with 

 young — Feeding habits — Plentiful in Oswell's time — 

 Six shot within a quarter of a mile — Too numerous 

 to be pleasant — Feathered allies — Excellent sentinels 

 — Rhinoceros' appetite — The last of the race ... 181 



CHAPTER XIV 



SPRINGBOKS ON A SALT-PAN 



Ngamiland and its salt-pans — Wonderful mirage — Mis- 

 take of Oswell and Livingstone — Chukutsa Pan — 

 Former plenty of wild animals— Salt-pans still haunted 

 by game — Beloved by springboks — Early morning in 

 the desert — A blue Wildebeest — The salt-pan at sun- 

 rise — Springboks, their tricks and graces — Bird life 

 — A shot for breakfast — The deserted pan 191 



