HUNTING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. 



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GRIQUAS. 



" The true zebra is exclusively confined to mountainous 

 regions, from which it rarely if ever descends ; but the exten- 

 sive plains of Southern Africa abound with two distinct spe- 

 cies of the same genus, the quagga and the striped quagga, 

 or Burchell's zebra. These differ little from each other in point 

 of shape or size, both having the tail and ears of the horse, 

 whilst the zebra has those of the ass. Of a pale red color, 

 the quagga is faintly striped only on the head and neck 

 but Burchell's zebra is adorned over every part of the body 

 with broad black bands, which beautifully contrast with a pale 

 yellow ground. The gnoo and the common quagga delighting 

 in the same situations, not unfrequently herding together 

 but I have seldom seen Burchell's zebra unaccompanied by a 

 troop of brindled gnoo, an animal differing materially from 

 its brother of the same genus, from which, though scarcely 



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