WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



tector of his herd. He acts as a sentinel and gives the 

 alarm with a shrill neigh if a beast of prey or a hunter 

 approaches. Then the troop gallops off with a great 

 clatter and in a cloud of dust. The zebra is often also 

 heard to utter a noise like a hoarse bark. 



The zebra is exceedingly ferocious, and attacks with 

 its teeth any one approaching sufficiently near, as we 

 may see when we visit the zoological gardens. 



Savageness and ferocity are characteristic qualities 

 common to all eqiiidoe living in freedom. When the 

 Spanish conquerors brought horses from Europe to the 

 New World, many escaped into the wilderness and pro- 

 duced, in time, immense herds of wild horses. Although 

 they were descended from domesticated ancestors, it 

 proved a hard task to tame them. They had partially 

 relapsed into their original ferocity. The bucking pony 

 has still to be subdued almost daily. 



The wild adult horses of the Asiatic high steppe re- 

 fuse to be tamed even by the experienced native tribes, 

 famous for their horsemanship and their skill in horse- 

 training. Lately, many attempts have been made to 

 tame the zebra, and to make it generally useful. Some 

 claim that it is destined to become a useful "beast of 

 burden" and draught-animal; in fact, to take the place 

 of our horse, which is useless in East Africa, as it suc- 

 cumbs unfailingly to the climate and the tsetse - fly. 

 This is, no doubt, very desirable, but the enthusiasts 

 will hardly live to see their expectations realized. To 



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