II TELEGONY AND EEVERSION. 



a time mjr attempt to cross mares with a zebra stallion 

 seemed destined to fail. In course of time, however, some 

 of the diiEciilties were overcome, and on August 12th, 1896, 

 a zebra-horse-hybrid made its appearance. Since then 

 four other zebra hybrids have arrived, and more are 

 expected next summer (1898) — all by the same sire. A 

 photograph of the first hybrid (Romulus) with his dam 

 (Mulatto) was reproduced in the Field of September 19th, 



Fig. 16. 



Mulatto. 



189(3, and a short description of the sire, dam, and hybrid 

 was published in The Veterinarian for November of the 

 same year. 



The Dam, iV«Za«o.— Mulatto (lent for the experiments 

 by Lord Arthur Cecil) belongs to a Western Highland 

 breed, is nearly black in colour, and iust under 13 hands in 

 height (Fig. 16). This breed has long been under observa- 



Nat. Hist. 'July, 1897); and Mr. Prazak's ' W,ld Horses of Afnca," 

 Mb., llie Library, University of Ediiiburgli. 



