THE KIAXG, OR WILD ASS. 



...., e, the parents being selected as carefully as those of the horse itself. Th.- chief draw- 

 back in the rearing of this : ,nimal Ls thut it is nnpi.Hlucti\c. and N in.-apal.le of continuing its 

 species, s,, that there can be no definite breed of Mules, aa of hones and asses. 



Tin Wild Asses a re all celebrated for their extreme fleet ne*s and sun-ness of foot, and 

 among them the DZIOGKTAI, Kuril, or KOULAN deserves especial ntioii. 



This animal is s,, \\,,iid-'i fully swift that it cannot U- ( .\.-i lak.-n <-\ <-i\ l>\ a tl<->t Arabian 

 horse, and if it cam get upon hilly or rocky ground, it bids deliam-.- i<' all wingless enemies. 

 Ni.t e\eu the greyhound can follow it with any hope of BUCI. \\li. -n it once leaves lerel 

 ground. Thisgreat speed renders it a favorite object of chaw " ith the natives of the countries 



DZ1UOKTAI, OK KOUUUI.- 



which it inhabits ; and whether in Persia or India, it is h.-M to be the noM.-st of game. Some- 

 times the falcon is trained to aid in the chase of the Wild Ass. l,,,t th- usual method of 

 Becurinir this animal is to drive it towards rocky ground, and to kill it with a rifle bullet as it 

 stands in fancied security upon some lofty crag. 



It lives in troops, descending to the plains during the winter months, and returning to the 

 cooler hills as soon as the summer begins to be unpleasantly warm. It is \. r\ common in 

 Mesopotamia, and is always a most shy and wary, as well as swift animal. F-i. h troop is 

 under the command of a leader, who sways his sut.jects with unlimited authority, and takes 

 upon himself to make all needful arrangements for their welfare. 



The honor of success is not the only motive which urges the hunters to pursue the 

 Driggetai, for its flesh is remarkably excellent, and is universally thought to be one of the 

 greatest dainties. The localities inhabited by this animal are Mesopotamia. lVi>ia. the shores 

 the Indus, and the Punjab. The color of this animal is pale reddish-brown in the summer, 

 fading into a gray-brown in the winter, and marked with a black stripe along the spine 

 becoming wider upon the middle of the back. 



AXOTI 1 1: series of Wild Ass \a the KIAKO, or Wild Ass of Thibet, aometimes, but 

 erroneously, called the Wild Horse of Thibet, because its noiae resembles the neighing of that 

 animal ratlu r than the braying of the 



