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IN AFRICA 
zebras stay the lions will be there, but the settlers 
say that the lions are even preferable to the zebras. 
Under the old game ordinance expiring Decem¬ 
ber fifteenth, 1909, a sportsman was allowed two 
zebras under his license; under the new one he is al¬ 
lowed twenty! That reveals the attitude of East 
Africa toward the jaunty little striped pony. 
In action the zebra is dependent upon his friend, 
Zebra, Wildebeest and Gazelle (Wildebeest in Middle) 
the kongoni. When the latter signals him to run, 
he trots off and then turns to look. If the kongoni 
sends out a 4-11 alarm, the zebra will hike off in 
a Shetland-pony-like gallop and run some distance 
before stopping. They have no endurance and 
may be easily rounded up with a horse. 
On the Athi Plains may be found the bones of 
scores of zebras, each spot marking where a lion has 
fed; and in the barb-wire fences of the settlers 
