Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-21
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tween the zebra and the horse One was
zebra mule year old. whose mother
was big bay mare. This animal was
larger than the ordinary zebra but il
was shaped in just the same way. and il
had every aspect Of the zebra excepting
the white and black stripes. 1t was
striped in black over a body of light
brown. The stripes Of the pure zebra
are of the deadest black ard the whitest
white. When the Lord painted him He
did 1t in such colors HAT he who runs can
read them
There are many zebras in the interior
of German East Africa. and they are
often shot and eaten by the hunters
AS to hunting this country promises
to be more popular than British East
Africa. which is generally known as the
land of big game. German East Africa
is part of the same plateau. and there
are regions in il which swarm with ante
lopes. Zebras and other game b. asts.
There are many lions and leopards. as
well as elephants. appropriateness and
rninoceroses. At present it costs $3.50
British possessions. The Germans issue
licenses to shoot for 81 or 81 each. but
they require a small royalty to the gov
err:nent on each head of game killed The
high rates are driving the sportsmen out
of the lands north Of here. and eventually
the Germans will have the greater part
OF that travel.
While on the subject % animals want
TO tel you about the queer pets | find In
this part of Africa. Think of holding a
baby leopard in your lap. Or of lifting
up lion by the nape of the neck, This
is what / have seen done in the past
week The baby lion was at a hotel here.
He was tied by a clothesline and | was
able to pet him without being hurt I
took hold of the skin of his neck and
lifted him off the ground. although it
strained my arm to do so. On Lake Vic
toria 1 saw pet hyena. and at one OF
the native villages found several pet an
telopes. Pet sheep and goats are COM
mon among the Africans. and there ara
certain tribes in which sheep viii fol-
low its master about and come 10 him
when called. In Uganda sheep are often
petted They are fat-tailed animals,
with hair as coarse as that of a tin-can-
fed American goat. They are usually
white in color although some are as red
as a blood bay horse. In Oar es Salaam
l stopped with a man who owned a pet
leopard. II was only few weeks old
and was as tame cat.
The captain on one Of the Lake VIC
toria steamers has several pet monkeys.
a dog-faced baboon. and some pari ots.
The parrots have silver gray feathers on
their bodies ana their wings and tails are
bright red. They talk in thu native lam
guage and whistle in esperanto.
About the queereSt pet bird / have Yet
seen on this continent is the whale heade
stork of Uganda, one of which has been
sent to Khartoum and is kept there in
the gardens of the Srdar. The bird is
found all around Lake Victoria. and es-
pecially at the source OF the Nile. II is
as big as the largest turkey gobbler, and
its head looks as though ii had been
chopped out of telegraph pole ard then
hung TO its neck. This stork has long
legs. and II walks about with great dig
nifty. 1t looks sleepy. and ii does not
seem at all afraid. / took a snapshot at
the bird with my camera. standing within
a few feet of II at the time. II did not
bulge. but eaZed at me out of its bleary
eyes as though il thought me fool.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER