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originating near the central line about the insertion of the tail, and 
diverging laterally over the hip, flank, and side till they completely 
or nearly reached the ventral line, the longest of them meeting on 
their way the ventral stripes of the sides, and forming the most 
beautiful possible combination of curves and angles, even the slight 
variation of regularity on either side conducing to the effect; the 
ears were small, and banded and tipped with black and dark brown ; 
the head well shaped, with a little sienna-brown towards the nose ; 
and the whole form lighter and more elegant than in the older spe- 
cimens. 
“Sunday, September 14th.—I shot two, which at first I took 
for Mountain-Zebras ; but on comparing notes with Chapman, I came 
to the conclusion they were also Quaggas. The stallion fell at a di- 
stance, and was cut up while I was sketching and observing the mare. 
She was full striped, somewhat smaller than most of those Chapman 
had killed; ears, if anything, shorter and more equine. Callosities 
or small bare patches of skin on the inside of the fore legs only, and 
not on the hinder legs ; striped right down to the hoofs ; inside more 
faintly marked than the outer. Dokkie and others thought it like 
the Wilde Paard of Ozembengue, and different to the Quacha of the 
plains. I believe they would have said anything, so that I would 
have done talking and let them begin to cut it up. 
«Sunday, December 7th.—Went out from Logu Hill, Zambesi 
River ; tracked spoor several hours ; wounded a mare, which was run 
down late in the afternoon, and killed with a stone. Fully striped, 
as before, down to the hoofs, all four legs, the inside of the forearm 
and thighs being more faintly marked; the ears small and tipped 
with black ; the stripes on the sides extended from the dorsal line 
to the ventral, which last, reaching from between the fore legs to the 
hinder, was of not quite so deep a black ; the ground-colour was light- 
yellowish brown on neck, back, and sides, passing into white on the 
cheeks, throat, and under parts of body; the teats, two in number, 
were situated in the after part of the black ventral lines. She had 
warts or callosities on the inside of the forearms only, and none on 
the inside of the thigh. 
“1 sketched carefully, and took the skin home, attempting to pre- 
serve it; but the weather was so damp that, even in a hut witha 
fire in it, I could not dry it. 
«Tuesday, 14th April, 1863 (after our return to the salt-pan on 
the elevated plain between the Zambesi and Botletle Rivers).—A 
few Quaggas were standing on the further plain, and creeping behind 
a point at 300 yards’ range. I shot one through the neck and fore- 
head: it proved to be a well-grown, handsomely marked filly of the 
first year ; and as the rest retreated, I noticed that the mare hung 
back and looked frequently round for her lost little one, returning 
when the others were out of sight and gazing wistfully at the spot 
where it lay. ~ 
“<I had no means of measuring the beautiful little creature on the 
spot ; and for convenience of carrying I had only my small sketch- 
book, so carefully outlined out one of the fore legs. I sent Pompey 
