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QUAGGA. — /l8ltt(/6' Qua0a- 



Africa produces several most beautiful examples of the Wild Asses, equalling 

 ihe Asiatic species in speed and beauty of form, and far surpassmg them m richness 

 of colour and l)oldness of marking. , 



The QuAGGA looks at fii-st sight like a cross between the common wdd ass and 

 the zebra as it onlv partially possesses the characteristic zebra-stripes, and is 

 decorated'merely upon the hmd and fore-parts of the body. The streaks are no 

 so dark as they are in the zebra, and the remainder of the body is brown, w.tli 

 the exception of the abdomen, legs, and part of the tai , wli.eh arc wlHtish-grey^ 

 The Quagga lives in largo iierds, and is much persecuted by the natives of Southern 

 Africa, ^v\^o pursue it fSr the sake of its skin and its llcsh, both of which arc m 

 high estimation. 



