THE TRUE QUAGGA l8l 



Revolutionary mob attacked the palace, the 

 quagga, together with a hartebeest, a crested 

 pigeon, a rhinoceros and a lion was sent to the 

 Jardin des Plantes, these being the only specimens 

 which escaped destruction. 



3. In 1 82 1 Frederic Cuvier described another 

 quagga in his " Histoire Naturelle des Mammi- 

 feres." This animal also lived in the Jardin des 

 Plantes menagerie, and died when about eighteen 

 or twenty years old. Cuvier says that it was not 

 inherently vicious, but inclined to be tiresome and 

 obstinate, and ready on occasion with teeth and 

 heels ; thus being no more intractable than a 

 spirited horse. 



4. About 181 5 Lord Morton obtained a quagga 

 stallion and endeavoured also to secure a quagga 

 mare. He tells us that he intended to domesticate 

 the species, and it is unfortunate that the attempt 

 should have failed, a female proving unobtainable. 

 Lord Morton, however, by means of his quagga 

 and a mare of J^ Arab blood, bred a curious 

 female hybrid of a dun or chestnut colour, having 

 faint stripes on the neck and shoulders and more 

 pronounced ones on the knees and hocks. The 

 mane of this hybrid was short and stiff: the tail 

 though but semi-equine (being haired in the 

 lower half only), was dark coloured, and not 

 white like that of the quagga. The hybrid was 

 apparently a vigorous and sturdy animal, and is 



