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proving the local breeds of the province. Pro- 

 fessor Wallace made the interesting discovery 

 that underneath the white or light-grey hair of 

 the zebu was to be found, in all but a small 

 percentage of cases, a jet black or dark skin, a 

 feature enjoj'ed by most species of African game 

 that feed by day and would otherwise be exposed 

 to injury by sunburn. Mr. H. L. Jones, chief 

 veterinary surgeon of the Mozambique Company, 

 is of opinion that zebu are undoubtedly suitable 

 for the country. He writes : — 



" The amount of trouble taken over them is 

 practically nil^ as they are brought in at night 

 to the kraals, turned out in the morning, and 

 left very much to the mercies of the sleepy 

 herd boy, yet they almost invariably look well. 

 Their progeny, no matter what the dam is, has 

 the one constant quality of being able to thrive 

 and fatten quicker than the progeny of any 

 other kind of bull I have seen in this territory. 

 Of course the better the cow the better the 

 calf. We have some cows of the progeny of 

 Shorthorn bulls, and the cross between them 

 and a good Indian bull is very good, especially 

 for beef and milk. The number of working oxen 

 we have in this territory is small, and I do not 

 know how these cross-bred Indians take to the 

 plough and wagon. It was my intention to 



