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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 



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Zebras are purely African beasts, and in British 

 East Africa as common as hartebeests. They are 

 among the first wild animals seen from the train after 

 leaving Mombasa. It is almost unnecessary to write 

 anything about these conspicuous quadrupeds, which 

 combine some of the characters of horses and asses. 



The mane of a zebra, like that of an ass, is erect ; the 



Grunt's Zebra. 



Common in the Rift Valley, but it will disappear 

 before the march of civilisation. 



upper part of 

 " chestnuts " 



the tail is free from long hairs, an<l 

 are absent from the hind limits. Zebras 

 are fertile with horses and asses, and hybrids have been 

 obtained. Attempts have been made to utilise zebras 

 and zebra-hybrids, but without success, for they lack 

 the strength and endurance of horses, ponies, asses, or 

 mules. It is well-known that the ass has transverse 



