XXVIII. THE CARRIAGE OF ANIMALS 



MOST animals are so admirably equipped for transport- 

 ing themselves on long journeys, whether by land, air, 

 or water, that they have the greatest possible dislike to 

 any artificial mode of conveyance, however carefully 

 designed to meet their convenience. Collectors of rare 

 animals in distant and savage countries find this 

 question of transport a much more serious difficulty 

 than either the capture or the feeding of the beasts 

 when caught. If possible, they are so far tamed before 

 the return expedition as to make it possible for them 

 to accompany their captors, making use of their own 

 legs as far as the rail or ship. 



In South Africa, where the Boer hunters expect to 

 make some profit from live animals as well as from 

 meat and hides, zebras are always tamed before being 

 despatched from the interior, and a number of these, 

 with young antelopes of various species, may often be 

 seen, half-domesticated, round the hunter's temporary 

 camp. But there is a regular trade in certain classes of 



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