CHAPTER IV 



THE ASSES AND ZEBRAS 

 By H. A. BRYDEN 



WILD ASSES 



ALTHOUGH wild asses are not animals that the 

 sportsman proper, as distinguished from the sporting 

 butcher, cares to shoot frequently, it is probable that 

 upon first entering the parched and desert regions 

 where these animals have their habitat, the gunner 

 will, from very reasonable curiosity and the desire to 

 collect a few specimens, like to bring to bag a head 

 or two of these fleet and handsome beasts. The 

 wild ass of the African plains is as unlike his poor 

 down-trodden, domesticated relative as it is possible 

 to imagine, and, rejoicing in his activity, speed, and 



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