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longitudinal line of the belly. We had lots of six, eight 

 and ten individuals, caught out of the same herd in the 

 Northern Transvaal, which contained typical selousi (see 



FIG. 59. Heavily-marked Chapman's Zebra (Northern Transvaal). 



illustration), chapmanni and all the intermediate stages 

 between the two extremes. What then is the sense or use 

 of employing these sub-specific names as geographical 

 races when they do not exist as such, and when examples 



