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far distant, and it is my experience 
that these animals require to drink 
daily, and never wander more than 
a few miles away from tne pool or 
river they frequent. 
This species of zebra may often 
be seen in Southern Africa in 
company with other animals, such 
as buffaloes, blue wildebeests, elands, 
gemsbucks, roan and sassaby ante- 
lopes, and ostriches, and I have upon 
several occasions seen them come up 
to domestic cattle and horses. They 
are naturally not very wary, and in 
parts of the country where they 
have not been much molested’ are 
often very inquisitive, and will come 
trotting quite close up to a caravan, 
These animals breed regularly in captivity provided they do not get the scent 
of human beings. Foals of this 
species are easily caught, and become at once very tame and confiding; nor do I believe that 
adult Burchell’s zebras are such vicious animals as is generally supposed, since I have seen 
several which were very quiet and well broken, whilst even the half-broken animals, which 
were at one time used on one of the coach-lines in the Transvaal, did not appear very vicious. 
As with Grevy’s zebra, the flesh of the species under consideration is much appreciated 
both by natives and lions. I have often seen the fat on the quarters of the mares quite an 
inch thick. It is of a dark yellow colour, and too rich to suit the stomach of a European. 
The meat is rather sweet in taste, but if fried with bacon not at all unpalatable. 
Professor Ewart has lately carried out a very 
interesting series of experiments on the hybrid- ~ 
ising of zebras and horses. The results were very | 
satisfactory. The zebra cross proved to be very 
hardy creatures, capable of wintering in the open 
on the hills of Scotland. The scientific data 
obtained were of singular value, as showing the 
effect of crossbreeding on subsequent generations 
of foals of the same mother. It has long been 
believed that the influence of the first sire was seen 
in foals ef which other animals were subsequently 
the fathers. Thus, if a white mare threw a foal 
to a black stallion, it was considered that her 
subsequent progeny would occasionally be black, 
and instances were freely quoted to support this 
theory. The scientific name of “ telegony ” was 
given to this supposed influence of previous sires 
on futureoffspring. Professor Ewart’s experiments, 
in which pony mares were first mated with a 
zebra and afterwards with horses, show that this 
theory of telegony is erroneous. The foals sired Peis Reina hatatihe Bey 
afterwards by ponies and horses showed no trace BURCHELL’S ZEBRA 
whatever of zebra stripes, but were normal pony This species is occasionally domesticated and driven in South 
foals, and not altered either in shape or disposition. Africa, as it is not injured by the tsetse fly 
MARE AND FOAL OF BURCHELL’S ZEBRA 
