. Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. Elephant hunting; Hunting. XVIII EL BOGOI TO MOMBASA 417 the legs appearing to be kept very upright, and unless hard pressed do not " lay themselves out " at all. Grevy's starts off at a trot, with free, high action, and its movements recall those of the horse rather than the ass. Its head is held hjgh, too, while the other keeps a more horizontal position of the neck. I
. Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. Elephant hunting; Hunting. XVIII EL BOGOI TO MOMBASA 417 the legs appearing to be kept very upright, and unless hard pressed do not " lay themselves out " at all. Grevy's starts off at a trot, with free, high action, and its movements recall those of the horse rather than the ass. Its head is held hjgh, too, while the other keeps a more horizontal position of the neck. I have read that the trot is an acquired pace, peculiar to the domestic horse and not natural to it in its wild state. If so, the paces of Grevy's zebra correspond more with our civilised horses' than can those of their nearer wild relatives'. I have often been asked, when mentioning the fact that. Eqiius biirchclli. Equiis grevyi. Zebra Hoofs. the two kinds of zebra are frequently found consorting together (it being especially common to see a single stallion grevyi in a troop of the smaller species), whether they do not cross breed. In reply to this question I say, certainly never. Wild animals of distinct species do not interbreed in a state of nature—unless, perhaps, very rarely, under quite exceptional circumstances ; and then, probably, only owing to artificial causes, such as one kind being almost wholly exterminated by man. Even in the few recorded cases, the hybrid animals are often doubtfully so, and may be erroneously called by that name. I do not believe the females allow any such intercourse. That they graze together is nothing extraordinary ; many totally different kinds of herbivorous creatures arc in the habit 2 E. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Neumann, Arthur H. London : R.
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