"WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



ing, for a moment, the watchful control of its trainer, 

 and it may take hours to get it from the arena of the 

 circus into its stall. 



The zebra may be made to pull a wagon or carriage 

 when hitched together with ponies. But this is mostly 

 play and not work; it does not and will not exert its 

 full strength, and will not labor until exhausted, as our 

 own horses do. 



In addition, the build of the zebra bv no means fits 

 it for hard work. The only genuine species of the wild 

 horse, for instance, the Eqiiiis przewalski, is much better 

 made. All that has so far been accomplished in train- 

 ing the zebra is hardly worth mentioning. It has been 

 taught to perform some tricks in the circus — in which 

 it is outdone by most beasts of prey — and to pull light 

 vehicles. 



I have personally some experience in breaking-in re- 

 fractory horses and in training them as riding and 

 draught horses. To me it is evident that there can be 

 no hope of taming and training the zebra so that it may 

 be used as a draught - animal in German East Africa 

 within a generation or within several generations, and 

 of thus solving the great question of transportation in 

 those parts where the horse and cattle cannot be em- 

 ployed. It would be much more reasonable and prom- 

 ising to train the native ass for hard work. The Wan- 

 yamwesi and the Masai ass are patient and can stand 

 the climate. By judicious breeding the latter animal 



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