of Dfhiggetai of Middle Afia. — 239 
Wife along the face, and two others above the eyes. The 
vortices I obferved firft on each fide of the mane immedi- 
ately behind the ears. There were two alfo above each 
other under the neck ; two on the fides of the neck oppofite 
the fhoulders; a larger one on each joint of the fhoulder; 
another large one on each fide of the breaft behind the fhoul- 
ders, and aifoa cruciform ‘fhading ef the hair. Several more of 
thefe hair vortices could be obferved on different parts of the 
body. 
The colour of the muzzle is whitifh; the reft of the body 
inclines a little more to yellow; the neck is of a fallow co- 
‘dour; the rump from the back to the fides of an ochre yel- 
low; the fides fallow, and the limbs paler. The hind part 
of the fore legs, and the inner part of the hind legs, together 
with the lower part of the rump and the hinder dot of 
the thigh, are whitifh. Where the mane ceafes, there be- 
gins a’ blackifh brown ftripe, which runs along the ridge 
. of the back to the buthy part of the tail. The udder is 
blackifh and perfectly bald, with two fireng fhort teats. The 
meafurement of the principal parts of this animal is as 
follows: The length from the fkull between the cars to the 
root of the tail 5 feet 1 inch 3 lines; length of the headiz 
foot § inches 6 lines ; height of the animal at the fhoulders 
before 3 feet g inches g lines: height behind 4 feet 3 inches 
/Glines; length of the ears 7 inches 2 lines; length of the 
tail without the brufh at the end i foot 4 inches 1 liné; 
length of the brufh 8 inches 2 lines. The weight of the 
whole animal amounted to 560 pounds apothecary’s weight. 
Every thing confidered, the dfhiggetai is diftinguifhed par- 
ticularly by the head, which has a mean proportion be- 
tween that of the horfe and the afs ; and, in that refpect, as 
well'as by the ears and the tail, it approaches very near to 
the zebra. In the reft of the body and the thighs it tis 
more like the afs; and in the limbs it has a greater fimila- 
rity to the mule and the horfe. The tail is more naked 
tha. that of the. afs, and nearly like that of the cow. Its 
colour 
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