The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-19

4 as Is commonly asserted IL is still found
| In the greater part of the mountain
ranges of Cape Colony. which, now that
the attention has been drawn TO their
geography by the evasive Boer comman-
ders, are, IL will be admitted. numerous
and difficult enough to shelter and pre-
serve them. They are found In the Cedar
berg near Piquetburg i'm the Roggeveld
In Sutherland. in the Swartzberg Qn all
or which ranges fighting has been going
on quite recently and OF which Piquet-
burg Is unpleasantly near Cape TOWN.,
I'm the Sneeuwberg, near Graaf Reinet.
and near Cradock. Cathcart and Uiten-
mage. The mountain zebra Is also found
I'm German territory I'm Damaraland.
There IL lives I'm the most Inaccessible
parts OF the mountains i'm small troops.
Sentinels are posted, just as by ibex or
chamois, and the herd when frightened
gallop over the crags and rocks almost
az surefooted In their speed as the ibex.
IL Is probably the largest animal inhabit-
ing really mountainous ground Ii is
feet inches long. from the muzzle TO
the seton Of the tail, and stands twelve
hands high. Burchell's zebra varies a
good deal I'm size in different districts.
The variety called after Mr. seous is s
feet inches long I'm the body, and stands
nearly thirteen hands. There Is still
more difference between the smallest va
rieties OF Burcnell's zebra and the big
GreVys or Somaliland breed. There is as
great contrast between large mule
ana Norfolk donkey. 1t is from these
large-boned outstanding zebras. If from
any, that the draught animals should be
selected Probably they would interbreed
with the Burchelfs zebras. though IL is
doubtful II the stock would be fertile.
Neither the Idea nor the fact OF tanning
zebras Is new. In the middle of the last
century half-broken Burchells zebras
were sometimes seen for sale Cane
Town. with a rider mounted to show that
fa sol tlang el..ss
were exported To the Maur.tius for
uraught purposes. III so. il would be IN
teresung TO know from the records of the
- wl"tlef they were n succt ss. at
Wh6thcT tfeN were bred there. The fe-
males are fairly prolific even i'm confine-
h,cht. and the males cross freely with
they may have been in Mauritius for some
time as camels were IN Jamaica I'm the
very early days of tle plantation The
s, eSI,ctlIin NJ mas been tried with complete
success IN England and I'm South Africa
mr. walter Rothschilds team three re
pras ana pony. was fairly well broken
though perhaps the animals were not ali
mat could be desired I'm the stable At
Barnum's show team OF four zebra
mares was as quiet as so many sheen
Inc writer visited them when waiting
tpr ,p 'hslr turn In the performance where
they drew car. They were in pairs.
ready harnessed I'm their stalls All four
were standing quietly with no one near
mem, mem, not hdgeting in their harness nor
the ponies were. In the Field OF March |
Al, 1893, appeared photograph OF a team |
regularly driven in the Transvaai. |
hesSrs me Si1 needer1erg' the contractors for |
toria TO Petersburg. bought eight half |
grown Burchelrs zebras from Roer 1
hunter named Grobelaer Their object |
was much the same as that which sug- |
gests Mr.. Stordy's advice viz, 10 helm In |
the coaches during the season OF horse |
sickness They were lassoed when four
months old and broken TO harness I'm
month. They were then run in the
coach with six mules.
, The account given OF them describes
,hem as perfectly quiet and we'll trained.
In fact one OF them will do his best 10
pull the whole coach himself They are
softer mouthed than the mule. They
never never Kick, and the only thing in the
iency, when first handled. 10 bite But
hey soon give IL up when they under
stand that there is no temptation 10 hurt
hem. This is really wonderfully good
character for animals taken UP from abb
'olutely wild stock. Wild asses for In
'tance, would probably be intractable
hongh possibly wild reindeer could be
Dryden chronicles another experiment.
which was failure. Sixteen BurcheiPs
ebras were brought in from the Interior
ectly tame mad were broken I'm harness
nd saddle But IL was found that they
would not stand regular coach work and !
we're more trouble than horses and mules |
his Is very probable. Rut whore horses |
nd mules cannot live, they would prob |
bly, be less trouble than human porters
Bufon has the credit OF giving TO the
nimal its present name. but with more |
orrectness than I'm the case OF the other |
amiiar animal whose name begins with |
e. "Zebu," which he appropriated 10 |
he bumped cattle OF India Is the com
ION name throughout the East for cattle |
8 distinguished from buffaloes The |
anne will survive I'm the Caucasu for the |
I'D bision Of the old world. "Iebra' Is
dapted by Button from what was said nv
Ia travellers 10 he it's vernacular name
J the Congo region. n is believed 10 he
thoroughly African. The history OF the
'st zebra, the quagga. Is a curious one
seems 10 have been n local species very |
tile distributed. and seems never 10 have
one north OF the Orange Free state As
le Roers used 10 shoot the oilaReaa 20 |
ed their Hottentots. and later 10 make
ather from their hides. they disaupee red |
: early az 1890 though some were he | !
eved 20 have survived IN the Orange | ,
rec State till 1873 As the white rhi- | ,
oceros. none ~ which were supnosed 10 |
DIST north OF the Zambesi. has been
'und liviSg In fresh enclave somswhere |
,ar Lake Victoria. ~ r. stiii possible that
separate and surviving branch ~ The |
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