Zebras 



" The shyest animal in Africa," a writer has described 

 the zebra. Nothing could be more inaccurate. " It is the 

 tamest," Mr. F. G. Jackson (the best-known English 

 judge of the East African fauna) answered me laconically 

 when I told him of this opinion in the year 1896. 



As I have constantly to insist, animals only become 

 shv when thev are hunted. And where onlv natives have 



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hunted and the animals have had no experience ot long- 

 range rifles, European hunters have no difficulty in 

 getting easy shots at big game. Afterwards the animals 

 very soon K-arn to alter their conduct. 



I found zebras to be quite among the most trusting 

 animals of West Africa ; the sight of large crowds of 

 these beautiful beasts on the wide plains may well be 



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