THE ZEBRA 



EQUUS GR&VYI AND E. BURCHELLI 



SWAHILI : PUNDA-MILLIA. MASAI : OL-OITIGO 



TH I S is far and away the most annoying 

 animal that is to be met with in the 

 jungle. To begin with, they run it 

 very hard indeed with the hartebeest 

 for widespread distribution, being met with 

 everywhere. To go on with, one is just getting 

 to within nice distance of some animal one has 

 had great difficulty in stalking when suddenly, 

 without the slightest warning, a beastly zebra 

 gets in the way, and gallops off, alarming the 

 animal one had begun to think was as good as 

 dead, and everything else on the face of the 

 earth as well. 



It is very few zebra that have enough sense of 

 decency to disappear quietly ; they usually neigh 

 in the most shocking way, and that in a most 

 peculiarly high-pitched tone. To any one new to 

 the country, it is rather like the barking of a fox, 

 but repeated several times and very quickly 

 indeed. 



They are striking animals, with their broadly 



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