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to let me know ; but John, who has no idea of anything that has 

 not a market value, had called the Damaras to cut it up. 



" 30th. — The head and legs of a Quagga were brought in, the 

 latter being, as before, strongly marked quite to the hoofs, the re- 

 currence of this peculiarity showing that it cannot be a mere indi- 

 vidual accident, such as is seen in difference of colour in domestic 

 animals. 



"July 10th.— Chapman shot a Quagga and Sable Antelope at a 

 distance from the waggons. I sketched from the skin and horns of 

 the latter, and the legs and ears of the Quagga. This had been a 

 smaller animal, but of stouter and more compact build than those 

 hitherto seen. 1 have already mentioned those at the Salt-pan with 

 decided markings on the legs below the knees and houghs, while the 

 two described species are perfectly white ; and now this animal, 

 besides being stouter and shorter of limb, is more strongly marked, 

 the colours being distinct and pure black and white, the black spread- 

 ing almost half over the pastern-joint and fetlock, and having a small 

 white edging between it and the hoofs ; the ears are strongly banded 

 and slightly tinted with brown. 1 thought at first it might be a 

 Zebra ; but Chapman considered it a true Quagga, and I am inclined 

 to think so too. 



"This was at Daka (lat. 18° 40' 1"). After coming down off the 

 elevated plain into the mountainous valley of the Zambesi system, 

 we were encamped on one of the spruils of the Luisi, the first run- 

 ning water we had seen since leaving the Botletle river. 



" Thursday, 1 7th, Matietue River. — Chapman had shot a Quagga 

 mare ; and, hastening to the spot, I found an eager group of natives 

 with difficulty restrained from rushing at once upon the prey. In 

 this case we had to omit the measurement ; but I sketched the stripes 

 carefully, and the camera of course cannot be gainsaid. The general 

 colour was a yellowish or raw-sienna brown on the upper parts, and 

 deepest on the rump, fading into white on the neck, belly, and legs ; 

 the stripes were of the deepest brown or nearly black, and the dif- 

 ference between this and the known varieties consisted in their being 

 continued quite down to the hoof on all four legs, slightly fainter on 

 the inside ; the belly was marked by a broad black band along the 

 centre, to which all the side stripes were joined ; on the back was a 

 similar black line, but only the stripes above the shoulder were con- 

 nected with it ; the mane was upright, as usual (the neck-stripes 

 being continued vertically through it) ; the ears small and equine, 

 and a bare spot (rather small) was observable on the inside of the 

 fore legs only, the Zebra, I believe, having it on all four, as well as 

 large ears. 



" I made two sketches of this, and Chapman two photographs. 

 There are intermediate brown stripes between the black ones on the 

 hind legs above the hough. 



"Saturday, July 19th. — We proceeded about a mile north-east 

 by north, when, near the small conical hill on our left. Chapman 

 brought down a fine young Quagga stallion of the same kind as 

 the mare previously killed ; but age, I suppose, not having deepened 



