Title: Big game hunting in Africa and other lands; the appearance, habits, traits of character and every detail of wild animal life ..
Identifier: biggamehuntingin00lundrich (find matches)
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Lundeberg, Axel; Seymour, Frederick H. A
Subjects: Hunting -- Africa; Animal behavior
Publisher: (Chicago, D. B. McCurdy
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE STORY OF THE ZEBRA. 3r- r- DO are longer, the head relatively larger, and the hoofs narrower than in the horse. The true or mountain zebra is the typical representative of the striped group, and is essentially an inhabitant of hilly districts. It is the smallest of the three species, standing from 4 feet to 4 feet 2 inches (12 to 12^ hands) at the withers, and has relatively long ears and a comparatively short mane, with the tail but scantily haired. The general ground-color of the hair
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EAST AFRICAN ZEBRA. (Showing how it is hunted.) is white, while the stripes are black, and the lower part of the face is light brown. With the exception of the under parts of the body and the inner sides of the thighs, the whole of the head, body and limbs, as well as the upper part of the tail, are striped. All who have seen zebras in their native haunts speak of the beautiful appearance presented by a drove as they stand for a moment to gaze at the hunter, and then wheel round to seek safety in fiisfht* and as they afford

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