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BELLU^E, 



OF HORSES IN GENERAL. 



NONE of these animals have hitherto been dis- 

 covered, in a wild state, in any part of Europe. 

 Three species, the Common Horse, the Ass,, and 

 the Jickta, inhabit the extensive desarts of Arabia 

 and Tartary ; and two others, the Zebra and Quagga, 

 those of the interior of Southern Africa. Here 

 they congregate in herds or troops ; and, in all 

 their habits of life, are said to exhibit an astonish- 

 ing degree of sagacity. We are informed that 

 they post sentinels to guard them during their 

 feeding and repose ; and that, on the first signal of 

 alarm from these sentinels, they immediately col- 

 lect their forces, and prepare to avert the threat- 

 ened danger. They fight by biting, but chiefly by 

 plunging and kicking with their feet, which, as 

 weapons of offence, they use with wonderful 

 dexterity. They feed entirely on grain and 

 herbage; and, as they generally inhabit retired 

 parts of the deserts, far removed from the haunts 

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