326 THE ZEBRA. 



there are almost always eight or nine bands, exclu- 

 sive of two passing down the shoulder, opening 

 below, where several others in the form of chevrons 

 are interposed till they gradually become rings down 

 to the hoofs ; on the sides there are six or seven 

 descending to the edge of the belly, and crossing a 

 streak from the mane along the spine, dichotomising 

 above, and those on the flank running four or five 

 into one as they descend ; on the croup, down to 

 the tuft of the tail, are short cross bars; on the 

 thigh there are four very broad cross bands, fol- 

 lowed by others down the hocks and hind-legs; 

 from the breast along the belly there is a single 

 black streak ; the tips of the ears are black, with 

 four or five smaller streaks beneath them ; and the 

 mane, erect and bushy, is alternately banded black 

 and white : to these characters Captain Harris adds 

 " a bare spot a little above the knee in all four of 

 the legs." The female has two inguinal mammae. 



The species is gregarious in mountainous regions, 

 from the territory of the Cape eastward to beyond 

 Mozambique, perhaps as far as the southern moun- 

 tains of Abyssinia. 



Although vicious and fierce, the animal may be 

 tamed, as was fully proved by the female that was 

 long kept in the menagerie of Paris, which was ex- 

 ceedingly gentle, and could be ridden with safety. 



