With Flashlight and Rifle -* 



have been stolen by beasts of prey from the male 

 zebras. 



In an article on the domesticity of the zebra in 

 a Dar-es-Salaam publication I found the opinion given 

 that the wild zebra-herds were degenerating by inter- 

 breeding. This statement is the outcome of sheer 

 ignorance. 



Under the guidance of a very cautious and watchful 

 male leader the herd feels quite safe ; if the sportsman 

 wishes to approach the herd he will have to divert its 

 attention. Enveloped in a cloud of dust, the herd gallops 

 off to the open plains should its suspicion be aroused ; 

 then one often hears the peculiar dog-like barking noise, 

 which zebras frequently make at night. Zebras are 

 extraordinarily malicious animals ; the inmates of our Zoo^ 

 logical Gardens give us daily proof of this. Savagery 

 and maliciousness are peculiar characteristics of wild 

 equine species. l 



It is known that when America was discovered 

 horses were not extant there, the native equine species 

 having long since died out. The great Spanish explorers 

 were the first to bring horses from Europe into the 

 New World. Some that escaped from captivity soon 

 formed wild herds, and in the course of time these 

 multiplied exceedingly. 



In America there is question only of horses that 



have become wild the Texas pony, for instance, which 



so distinguished a judge of horseflesh as Herr C. G. 



Miiller-Doan-Gustavsruhe informed me is now quite 



1 Domestic Animals, by Edward Hahn. 



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