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onager or wild ass of Asia, the kiang or wild ass of Thibet, 

 the moufitain zebra, Burchell's zebra, Grevy's zebra, and the 

 Abyssinian wild ass, which appears to be identical with our 

 domestic donkey. 



The Academy of Sciences is on the other side of the river 

 near the buildings shown in Fig. 23. 



Wishing to find out the reason for the bad appearance, 



Photo by\ 



FIG. 23. The Admiralty Quay. 



[M. H. H. 



to say nothing of the inferior taste of the beef exposed for 

 sale in the butchers' shops of Petersburg, I went one day on 

 a tour of unofficial inspection to the public slaughter-house 

 or abattoir, where I had the good luck to meet Veterinary 

 Surgeon Voronzof, who is in charge and who kindly showed 

 me round this very large establishment. With one exception, 

 the arrangements leave nothing to be desired. There is a 

 well - appointed pathological laboratory in which several 

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