40 THE MOUNTAIN ZEBBA. 



are adapted to rocky mountainous regions, those of the 

 E. burchellii being fitted for the plains. 



Although the true zebra is much more beautiful in its 

 markings than the allied species known as BurchelFs 

 zebra, there can be no doubt that it is the more asinine 

 in its formation of the two, not only in the form of the 

 head and tail, but most markedly in the length of the 

 ears ; nevertheless, the animal is full of grace and beauty. 

 It is true its shoulder is straighter than would be approved 

 in a horse^ that the quarters are shorter, the neck thicker, 

 and the cannon bones longer, but no one can look at the 

 animal without being struck with its extreme beauty. 



From its smaller size, straighter shoulders, and more 

 asinine form, the mountain zebra is less adapted for the 

 service of man as a domestic beast of burden or draught 

 than the Burchell's zebra ; nevertheless, it can be tamed 

 and ridden, and Captain Hayes has most obligingly allowed 

 me to use a photograph, from which the accompanying 

 illustration was taken, showing Mrs. Hayes riding one of 

 these animals that had been some time in captivity in a 

 travelling menagerie in India. He informs me, however, 

 that it is a much more difiicult animal to handle and break 

 in than the comparatively stronger and larger Burchell's 

 zebra. 



In his recent work on the "Points of the Horse," 

 Captain Hayes, speaking of this zebra says, it has a thicker 

 neck, and its legs, especially as regards the back tendons 

 and suspensory ligaments, are not so well suited to civilized 

 requirements as those of Burchell's zebra. At present 

 it is met with in a wild state only on a few mountain 

 ranges of the southern part of Cape Colony, where it is 

 preserved. There is a herd on a farm near Craddock, a 

 small town in the eastern province ; it is much wilder and 



