40 DAYS AND NIGHTS BY THE DESERT. 



who rides under thirteen stone, if fairly mounted, 

 should have no difficulty in riding it down. 



The Burchell's zebra, or petsi, has the same 

 markings as the quagga, but they subtend further 

 down the rump, thighs, and hind-quarters, even to 

 the houghs and knees ; their feet are smaller than 

 those of the first mentioned, and are much harder 

 in their composition ; thus they will generally be 

 discovered on rugged, stony lands, but not on the 

 mountains. Their tail is more asinine than that of 

 the first-mentioned. 



The zebra proper is a thorough mountain dweller; 

 from the smallmess, cup-like shape, and hardness of 

 its hoofs, it can clamber, with immunity from injury, 

 almost where a goat can go. The shape of its tail 

 is quite asinine. The characteristic markings of the 

 family to' which it belongs are much more distinct 

 and clearly defined than in the two other species ; 

 moreover, they extend down the legs over the 

 fetlocks to the actual hoofs. In some rugged por- 

 tions of Cape Colony -the* zebra still exists, or did 

 a year or two ago. My friend, Mr. Hilton Barber, 

 had a drove of them on his mountain farm, about 

 twelve miles from Craddock ; but they had become 

 so wary, as well as savage, that few persons were 

 desirous of paying them a visit, unless at the season 

 when their numbers require diminishing. 



Burchell's zebras have been seen in the company 

 of the zebra proper or quagga ; but I never heard 



