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TELEGONY AND REVERSION. 



a time my attempt to cross mares with a zebra stallion 

 seemed destined to fail. In course of time, however, some 

 of the dijB&culties were overcome, and on August 12th, 1896, 

 a zebra-horse-hybrid made its appearance. Since then 

 four other zebra hybrids have arrived, and more are 

 expected next summer (1898) — all by the same sire. A 

 photograph of the first hybrid (Romulus) with his dam 

 (Mulatto) was reproduced in the Field of September 19th, 



Fig. 16. 



Mulatto. 



1896, and a short description of the sire, dam, and hybrid 

 was published in TJie Veterinarian for November of the 

 same year. 



The Dam, Mulatto. — Mulatto (lent for the experiments 

 by Lord Arthur Cecil) belongs to a Western Highland 

 breed, is neaiMy black in colour, and just under 18 hands in 

 height (Fig. 16). This breed has long been under observa- 



Nat. Hist,.,' July, 1897); and Mr. Prazak's 'Wild Horses of Africa,' 

 MS., The Library, University of Edinburgh. 



