62 ZEBRAS, QUAGGAS, AND ASSES 



much even for the hardy constitution of the zebra. These animals, it 

 is stated, are almost as active on rugged and precipitous ground as 

 wild goats, galloping up and down steep places in a manner which 

 could scarcely be expected of a member of the plains-loving horse 

 family. 



Mr. H. A. Bryden gives the following account of his experiences 



FIG. 21. The Zebra, from a specimen in the London Zoological Gardens. 



of one of the last troops of zebras left on the Witteberg range, between 

 Graaf Reinet and the coast, somewhat to the north-west of the Great 

 Winterhoek : 



" The friends with whom I was staying," he writes, " refrained 

 from shooting them or allowing them to be shot at, and they 

 were occasionally encountered on some of our expeditions after 

 antelope. I came suddenly upon them one day, in company with 



