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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Fig. 73. -The Zebra. 



tinct and regular stripes, make a brilliant appearance as 

 they flee together before the hunter. The Quagga of 

 the same country is similar, but from the indistinctness 

 of its stripes it is a less beautiful animal. Neither of 

 these animals can be profitably used like the Horse and 

 Ass, because they are so wild and vicious. 



Questions. What are the orders of the Ungulata? What are the 

 families of the Pachydermata ? How many species are there of the 

 Elephant, and where are they found ? What is the arrangement of 

 the Elephant's foot ? What are the various offices of his proboscis ? 

 What is his food, and how does he obtain it ? What is said of the 

 herds of elephants ? How are Elephants valuable to man ? Which 

 species is most so ? What is said of large extinct animals ? What 

 is said of the Tapirs ? What of the Pig Family ? What of the 

 Babyroussa? Of the Rhinoceros? Of the Hippopotamus ? Of the 

 Rhinoceros Birds ? What does the Horse Family include ? What 

 is the first that we know of the Horse? What is said of the herds 

 of wild horses? What of the Arabian Horse? What of the Ass? 

 What species of the Ass is fleeter than the Horse ? What is said of 

 the Zebra? 



