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ploitation. The Zebra, like most other forms of 

 wild horse, has not much fear of man. In parts 

 of the country where they have not been disturbed 

 the herd will stand and observe the passing traveller 

 at a distance of not much over a hundred yards 

 without displaying any particular disposition to 

 stampede. In British as well as German East 

 Africa, zebra farms have been established at which 

 a fair amount of success has attended their training, 

 but their usefulness for purposes of traction has 

 been greatly marred by some weakness — probably 

 of the quarters — which, it may be, will not be 

 successfully eradicated until recourse is had to 

 crossing with some equine type of more muscular 

 build. 



That dun-coloured, partially striped horse the 

 Quagga {E. quagga) has not, I am informed, been 

 reported from any portion of Africa north of the 

 Zambezi, which river, indeed, he does not approach. 

 It was recently stated that this form is on the point 

 of becoming extinct,* unless it be increasing in the 

 southern portion of the continent. 



Of the Cobus family there is, I believe, but one 

 representative, namely, the common Waterbuck 

 (C ellipsiprymnus). I have always regarded this 

 handsome antelope as more nearly approaching the 

 British stag in build, carriage, and appearance than 

 any other species of African game. Like all 

 Cervicaprines, the female carries no horns, which 

 in the case of the male are extremely fine, extending 



* Since writing the foregoing, 1 have it on the authority of that 

 eminent observer Major Stevenson-Hamilton thjvt the Quagga has 

 entirely died out. 



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