CH. XI] ZEBRAS, KANGANIS, ETC. 293 



The zebra, were of both species — the smaller or 



Burchell's, and the Grevy's, which the porters call 



, kangani. Each species went in herds by itself, and 



almost as frequently we found them in mixed herds 



containing both species. But they never interbreed, 



and associate merely as each does with the oryx. The 



kangani is a fine beast, much bigger than its kinsman ; 



it is as large as a polo pony. It is less noisy than the 



common zebra, the *' bonte quagga " of the Boers, and 



its cry is totally different. Its gaits are a free, slashing 



trot and gallop. When it stands facing one, the huge 



fringed ears make it instantly recognizable. The stripes 



are much narrower and more numerous than those on 



the small zebra, and in consequence cease to be distin- 



j guishable at a shorter distance ; the animal then looks 



( grey, like a wild ass. When the two zebras are together 



I the colouring of the smaller kind is more conspicuous. 



^1 In scanning' a herd with the iJ^lasses we often failed to 



I make out the species until we could catch the broad 



! black-and-white stripes on the rump of the common 



; " bonte quagga." Tliere were many young foals with 



j the kangani ; I happened not to see any with the 



I Burchell's. 1 found the kangani even more wary and 



more difficult to shoot than the oryx. The first one 



I killed was shot at a range of four hundred yards ; the 



next I wounded at that distance, and had to ride it 



down, at the cost of a hard gallop o^'er very bad country 



and getting torn by the wait-a-bit thorns. 



There were a number of rhinos on the plains, dull of 

 wit and senses, as usual. Three times we saw cows 

 with calves trotting at their heels. Once, while my men 

 were skinning an oryx, I spied a rhino less than half a 

 mile off'. Mounting my horse, 1 cantered down, and 

 exammed it within a hundred yards. It was an old 



