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IN AFRICA 



zebras stay the lions will be there, but the settlers 

 say that the lions are even preferable to the zebras. 



Under the old game ordinance expiring Decem- 

 ber fifteenth, 1909, a sportsman was allowed two 

 zebras under his license ; under the new one he is al- 

 lowed twenty! That reveals the attitude of East 

 Africa toward the jaunty little striped pony. 



In action the zebra is dependent upon his friend, 



Zebra, Wildebeest and Gazelle (Wildebeest in Middle) 



the kongoni. When the latter signals him to run, 

 he trots off and then turns to look. If the kongoni 

 sends out a 4-11 alarm, the zebra will hike off in 

 a Shetland-pony-like gallop and run some distance 

 before stopping. They have no endurance and 

 may be easily rounded up with a horse. 



On the Athi Plains may be found the bones of 

 scores of zebras, each spot marking where a lion has 

 fed; and in the barb-wire fences of the settlers 



