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BRANCH VERTEBRATA. 



than the horse, and being more patient under abuse, it 

 is better adapted to be the slave of the poor.* 



FIG. 370. 



FIG. 371. 



E' quus zebra. 



The Zebra (ze'bra) is the most elegant of quadrupeds, 

 but all attempts to domesticate it have failed. 



The Peccary belongs to 

 the warmer regions of the 

 New World. There are but 

 two species, the Collared 

 and the White-lipped the 

 former living in families f 

 and the latter in large 

 herds, which in their mi- 

 grations are very destruc- 

 tive to the crops. When wounded they are very fero- 

 cious, and all the rest will fight for the wounded one. 



* It is common in European cities to see these animals driven every morn- 

 ing to the door of the sick, where they are milked 



t The whole company of twenty or more are accustomed to back singly 

 into a hollow log to sleep, the last one acting as a sentinel. This one being shot, 

 the others successively take its place, so that, if skillfully managed by the 

 hunter, the whole number may be captured. 



Dlcbli/'les torquil'tus. 



