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AN UNCAGED ZOO 



stripes on its legs, liki- those on the legs of the zel)]'a. 

 These are well shown on the ass represented Ijelow. It 

 cannot be serionsly (.•ontcnded on this account that asses 

 have been derived from zebra ancestors. No one has 

 seen an ass with a face, ears, and tail like a zebra. 

 These leg-markings have interested me much, because 

 thev are often very numerous in asses and mules bred 



An Ass, shoM'ing numerous cross stripes on the legs. 

 (Pholoi/riij/h Iry J. B. Chrlxlojihi rwii.) 



in Somaliland. iMr. C'hristopherson informs me that 

 in the Berber Province where there are wild asses, it is 

 the practice to tether the she-asses away from tlie 

 villages in order that they vlvaj become impregnated 

 by wild asses. The cross stripes on the legs is a feature 

 of the Somali wild ass, and the reputed cause of the 

 shoulder stripe is known to all Christians. 



