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extermination, there is some uncertainty, but Mr. 

 H. A. Bryden believes that they lingered in the 

 more remote districts of Cape Colony till some time 

 between 1865 and 1870, and a little later in the 

 Orange River Colony. Their range originally 

 included Cape Colony, the Orange River Colony, 

 and part of Griqualand West. 



Of the beauty of the southern bontequagga, 

 or Burchell's zebra, on the veldt to the north of the 

 Orange River, Mr. Bryden^ writes in the following 

 enthusiastic terms : — 



*' With its clean, sleek coat, shining in the sun- 

 light like a well-groomed horse's, its flowing tail, 

 rich colouring, graceful mane, perfectly hogged by 

 nature, and beautiful head, it forms a noble picture, 

 framed in its usual setting of grassy plain, or park- 

 like, open bush-veldt. Often when in pursuit, at 

 a signal from the big stallion bringing up the rear, 

 I have seen the flying troop suddenly wheel round 

 in line, and stand with heads up, ears pricked, and 

 distended nostrils, to stare for a full half-minute 

 at their disturbers. Then, with curvets, prancings, 

 and whirling tails, away again they scour, perfect 

 types of feral beauty. Not seldom you may see 

 them with their constant allies the brindled gnus ; 

 with perhaps a troop of ostriches to fill up the 

 company." 



This association of three totally different kinds 



^ Nature and Sport in South Africa^ London, 1897, p. 177. 



