ABSENCE OF MANE 



to be a very old stallion, much scarred, but fat, and 

 sure enough his appearance was in many respects 

 different from the forms with which I was ac- 

 quainted. 



Among several other points, which I noted at 

 the time, was the curious arrangement of the stripes 

 on the back ; the total lack of any mane, as though 

 the neck had been carefully clipped ; the full and 

 bushy tail, distinctly ringed on the upper portion ; 

 the white ears ; the legs fully striped down to the 

 hoof, in which it differs from E. b. granti, the lower 

 portion of whose legs is black ; the narrow dorsal 

 stripe and the presence of three faint shadow stripes 

 on the thighs. In a subsequent chapter I intend to 

 deal more fully with the characteristics of this animal, 

 which has proved to be a new race of zebra, closely 

 allied to the E. b. granti, which is typically found on 

 the Athi Plains. 



After carefully photographing him in several 

 positions, I measured him and finally told my men 

 to skin him. Two things then happened that might 

 have resulted in serious accidents. First, in getting 

 out my pipe from the deep and narrow holster on 

 my saddle I got my hand caught, the mule got scared 

 as I tugged to get free, the stupid syce pulled on 

 his bridle and made him worse, and I found myself 

 being dragged along, my wrist bent and almost 

 breaking from the strain, and my right shoulder 

 somehow in the mule's mouth ! I shouted to the 

 syce to let go the bridle, and then I gradually quieted 

 the mule, which was frantic with fear, and worked 

 my hand free. The whole affair only lasted a minute 

 or so, but it was very unpleasant for the time being, 

 and my shoulder showed the teeth-marks plainly for 



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