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THE PENYCUIK EXPERIMENTS. 



Galloping up open-mouthed, uttering liis characteristic call, 

 he endeavoui'S to seize intruders by the legs. On one 

 occasion, in a small paddock, he guarded a dozen mares so 

 well that it took four of us nearly two hours to drive them 

 into their boxes. He is, however, easily upset by unusual 

 noises, and there is nothing that drives him into a state of 



Fig. 7. 



Matopo. 



frenzy so readily as carpet-beating, or that cows him so 

 effectually as a coil of rope. I have often wondered if the 

 rhythmic beating of carpets reminds him of the day when 

 in far-off Africa he lost his freedom — of the time when 

 Boers entangled his limbs to music made by Zulus beating 

 their shields with their assegais. 



The more characteristic stripes of Matopo are seen in 



