XXXI. 

 THE PLAINS OF AFRICA. 



great plains of Africa are not only 

 studded with moisture-yielding plants ; 

 they are also the abode of all manner of 

 living creatures. 

 As in the Tropical forest, so it is here, birds, 

 animals, and insects live in freedom and rove 

 about undisturbed. Here we find the zebra, that 

 no man can tame. Herds of zebras gallop and 

 whirl about in the ample space afforded them. 

 But even here they are timid and watchful, and 

 always suspecting danger. When the zebra is 

 attacked it fights desperately with its hoofs, and 

 often gets the better of its enemy. It has one 



