. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. rove thecase. This large herd, specimens of which have now found their way all over Europeand to the American Zoological Gardens, was captured in three different districts southof the Mongolian town of Kobdo, near the Altai district. The horses travelled twentydays to Kobdo, and ninety-five days from Kobdo to the Siberian railway, and fromthence to all parts of Europe and America. The foals are caught with slings on longsticks by the Mongols, a number of whom gallop down upon a large herd at a given signal. When caught they
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. rove thecase. This large herd, specimens of which have now found their way all over Europeand to the American Zoological Gardens, was captured in three different districts southof the Mongolian town of Kobdo, near the Altai district. The horses travelled twentydays to Kobdo, and ninety-five days from Kobdo to the Siberian railway, and fromthence to all parts of Europe and America. The foals are caught with slings on longsticks by the Mongols, a number of whom gallop down upon a large herd at a given signal. When caught they areas their foster-mothers. Theseare capable of enduring extra-live without food and water forof our domesticated horses orwith hardy Shetlands or Newvaluable animal should be theEngland has taken the troublePrzevalskys horse differs frommane being erect and withoutin the hairs on the tail notyellow colour of the bodybut there is no distinct stripe,has not yet been definitely pjioto. &y c. r. a. variety from the Tarpan head op somali wild ass. 385. fed by Mongol mares, which actcurious yellow-coloured horsesordinary hardships. They cana much longer period than anyponies, and if properly interbredForest animals an extremelyresult. But, so far, nobody into utilise these valuable horses,the domesticated horse in thea forelock on the forehead, andextending so high up. Thebecomes darker on the back;The belly is nearly white. Itdecided if this animal is aor not. Tarpans are also 386 Animal Life inhabitants of tlie remote parts of Central Asia. TJiey are of a reddish-grey colour,with the nose white; and are smaller than domesticated horses. They frequentthe open plains, exhibit wonderful speed, and are extremely wary of man. The African Wild Ass is now regarded by all zoologists as the origin of ourdomestic animal. It is found in Abyssinia, the Nubian Desert and other parts Africa lying between the Nile and the Eed Sea. The body-colour exactlyresembles that of our
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