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part of the body. With this exception, it is distinctly- 

 marked all over the body, even down to the coronets, with 

 black and white stripes. It is indigenous to the southern part 

 of Africa. I believe it has not been found north of the Vaal 

 River. At present (1896), it is met with in a wild state 

 only in a few mountain ranges in the southern part of 

 Cape Colony, where it is preserved. There is a herd of 

 these zebras preserved on a farm near Craddock, which 

 is a small town in the eastern province of Cape Colony. 

 It is much wilder and more intractable to handle than the 

 Burchell zebra. I have been told that on different occasions 

 it has been successfully '' inspanned '' in South Africa, 

 although I have not heard of its having been put into 

 draught between the shafts. I may point out that the 

 steadiness of an animal is far more severely tested by having 

 to bear weight placed on its back by the shafts than by 

 merely pulling against breast harness, or even against a collar, 

 in a *'span;" and by going in saddle than by any kind of 

 harness work. The height of the mountain zebra, when full 

 grown, is about twelve hands. 



BurchelFs Zebra {Equus hurchelhy Fig. 258) differs from 

 the mountain zebra in being taller (its full height is about 

 13. 1 or 13.2), having a longer and thicker mane, a more 

 bushy and less tufted tail, smaller ears and a smaller head in 

 comparison to the length of its body, and in the differences 

 of its markings The dark stripes are more brown than 

 black The light colour is of a yellowish cream. The stripes 

 are broader and differently arranged (compare Fig. 258 with 

 Fig. 257). A broad stripe runs down the back, and there are 

 no stripes across the top of the croup (Fig. 367). Its legs, 

 below the knees and hocks, from their ** flatness," with the 

 back tendons and suspensory ligaments clearly showing, are 

 much more like those of a well-bred horse than are those 

 of the mountain zebra. It further resembles the horse by 

 having a fairly lissom neck and a well-rounded barrel, and in 

 the size of its head and ears. The typical BurchelFs zebra 



