THE MO UNTAIN ZEBRA. 3 1 1 



as regards the back tendons and suspensory ligaments, are 

 not as well suited to civilised requirements as those of the 

 Burchell zebra. The male, at least, appears to have a 

 rudimentary dewlap. Its stripes are black or dark brown, 

 on a white ground. The most distinctive difference between 

 the arrangement of its stripes and those of the Burchell 

 zebra, is the existence of a number of transverse stripes, 

 which run across the top of its croup and across its tail. 

 In some instances, this zebra is white on the underneath 

 part of the body. With this exception, it is distinctly 

 marked all over the body, even down to the coronets, with 

 black and white stripes. It is indigenous to the southern part 

 of Africa. I believe it has not been found Snorth of the Vaal 

 River. At present (1893), it is met with in a wild state, 

 only in a few mountain ranges in the southern part of 

 Cape Colony, where it is preserved. There is a herd of 

 these zebras preserved on a farm near Craddock, which 

 is a small town in the eastern province of Cape Colony. 

 It is much wilder and more intractable to handle than the 

 Burchell zebra. I have been told that on different occasions 

 it has been successfully " inspanned " in South Africa; 

 although I have not heard of its having been put into draught 

 between the shafts. I may point out that the steadiness of 

 an animal is far more severely tested by having to bear 

 weight placed on its back by the shafts, than by merely 

 pulling against breast harness, or even against a collar, in a 

 " span ; " and by going in saddle than by any kind of harness 

 work. In the year 1891, at Calcutta, I broke in, after two 

 days' training, an old entire zebra, quiet enough for my wife 

 to ride and to get photographed while on its back. This 

 was certainly the first time a lady has ridden this variety of 



