. Travel and big game . , will usually stay his handand s]3are them, unless meat for his followersis absolutely needed. The Boer and nativehunter, on the contrary, shoot them whenever AFTER BUFFALO AND ZKIJRA. 195 they get the chance, merely for the price ofthe skin—a matter of a few shilUngs up so the species becomes exterminated. Itis a thousand pities! Of all sights in the fairveldt—and there are many to charm the eye—I know of few nobler than that of a good troopof Burchells zebras—creatures which seem tohave been created for no other purpose than toadorn the wilderness. Whethe
. Travel and big game . , will usually stay his handand s]3are them, unless meat for his followersis absolutely needed. The Boer and nativehunter, on the contrary, shoot them whenever AFTER BUFFALO AND ZKIJRA. 195 they get the chance, merely for the price ofthe skin—a matter of a few shilUngs up so the species becomes exterminated. Itis a thousand pities! Of all sights in the fairveldt—and there are many to charm the eye—I know of few nobler than that of a good troopof Burchells zebras—creatures which seem tohave been created for no other purpose than toadorn the wilderness. Whether feeding quietlyamid the herbage; or resting in the heat ofmid-day; or fleeting across the plain, theirstriped coats, as clean and shining as a well-groomed race-horses, gleaming in the sunlight;brisk, beautifully proportioned, and full of lifeand spirits; these zebras represent the highestperfection of feral life. True children of thesun-drenched plains, long may they yet flourishto decorate the African veldt!. JplHDtNG SkLCl. NOV 9 \96l 77 PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY SK Selous, Percy 31 Travel and big gajne BioMed B^
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