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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 
XV 
Zebras are purely African beasts, and in British 
East Africa as common as hartebeests. They are 
among the first wild animals seen from the train after 
leaving Mombasa. It is almost unnecessary to write 
anything about these conspicuous quadrupeds, which 
combine some of the characters of horses and asses. 
The mane of a zebra, like that of an ass, is erect; the 
Grant's Zebra. 
Coninioii in the Rift Valley, but it w ill disappear 
before the march of eivdlisation. 
upper part of the tail is free from long hairs, and 
‘'chestnuts” are absent from the hind limbs. Zebras 
are fertile with horses and asses, and hybrids have been 
obtained. Attempts have been made to utilise zebras 
and zebra-hybrids, but without success, for they lack 
the strength and endurance of horses, ponies, asses, or 
mules. It is well-known that the ass has transverse 
