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attracts their startled attention. 'They combine in a 

 compact body when menaced by an attack either from 

 man or beast ; with their heads together in a close cir- 

 cular band they present their heels to the enemy, and deal 

 out kicks in equal force and abundance. Beset on all sides, 

 or partially crippled, they rear on their hinder legs, fly at 

 the adversary with jaws distended, and use both teeth and 

 heels with the greatest freedom.' 



Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) is found still further north 

 in the Victoria Nyanza regions. It combines the chief 

 features of the two foregoing species. Its stripes are 

 narrower than those of the common Zebra ; its long 

 mane and well-haired tail more nearly resemble Burchell's 

 Zebra. Though Grevy's Zebra will at times mix with 

 domesticated animals, unlike the other species it has not 

 been known to interbreed with either the horse or the ass. 



QUAGGA (Equus quaggd). 

 Coloured Plate XVII. Fig. i. 



The Quagga, slightly smaller than the zebra, was 

 formerly found in immense herds in the South African 

 plains south of the Vaal River, though it never associated 

 with the zebra. It not infrequently consorted with gnus 

 and ostriches ; and upon occasion it would join the 

 domesticated ass in the neighbourhood of settlements. 

 Zebras have been known to act similarly, and upon one 

 occasion a zebra stallion was fiercely attacked by a male 

 donkey, which held its wild relative until a settler was 

 able to effect its capture. Though fierce in its native 

 plains, and often proving a match for the hyaena, the 

 Quagga was amenable to man when in captivity. Quite 

 early in the nineteenth century a gentleman drove a couple 

 in harness in Hyde Park. In all probability the animal is 

 now quite extinct, largely owing to the Kaffirs and Bushmen 

 hunting it for food ; and always the lion was very partial 

 to zebra and Quagga flesh. 



