SPORT ON THE GUASO MARU 



been able to distinguish the zebra feeding among them except 

 through the glasses. The mouse-color, mule-like head, and 

 enormous ears, measuring eleven and twelve inches in height 

 (which is twice the size of the ear of the other zebra), give 

 Grevy's zebra the appearance of a large, graceful wild ass. 

 The gaits of the two zebra are quite different, and instead of 

 the sharp, barking challenge of Burchell's zebra, the larger ani- 

 mal brays more like a domestic ass. 



My friend had shot a fine Grevy's stallion the day after we 

 arrived at the Guaso Maru, and the day after the unsuccessful 

 buffalo-hunt I determined to devote in securing a specimen or 

 specimens of this wild horse. By the aid of the field-glasses I 

 could see numerous herds of zebra and oryx on the plains five 

 miles distant on the opposite side of the river. Fording the 

 sluggish stream after a hot march over the dusty plain, I found 

 myself among quantities of game. As both oryx and zebra 

 would allow me to approach to within two to four hundred 

 yards before cantering toward the hills in clouds of dust, I had 

 abundant opportunities of looking over the herds for the ani- 

 mals I was seeking, but was disappointed to find that the zebra 

 were all of the smaller species. Nevertheless, toward noon I 

 was rewarded for my persistence by discovering three Grevy's 

 zebra — a stallion, mare, and colt — feeding with a herd of Bur- 

 chell's zebra. The game on the plain had become thoroughly 

 alarmed by this time, with the result that I was obliged to 

 tramp after this herd for an hour before the three animals I 

 sought finally separated from the others. Then my task be- 

 came much easier. Crawling up behind one of the fantastically 

 shaped red ant-hills that dotted the arid plain, I secured a 

 carefully aimed shot at the stallion broadside at two hundred 

 yards. At the rifle report the animal galloped madly across 

 the plain for several hundred yards, pranced around on its 

 hind legs, pawing the air with its fore-feet like a trained circus- 

 horse for several minutes, and then went down in a kicking 



