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JICKTA. 



.us Hemionus. E. unicolor, cauda mlva ertrrmilate pdout, 

 enter nulltt. Jjii. Si/.tt. \n(. GmtLp. aio. Pall. it. 3. p. ai;. 

 Nov. Cumm. I'etrop. 19. p. 394. t. -. 



c of an uniform colour, without a distinct humeral cross, 

 with naked tail haired at the tip. 

 Dihikkctaci. Pennant Quadr. i.p-4- 

 Czigital. Bujf. Suppl. 6. p. 37. 



THIS is a .species, the knowledge of which M ems 

 tu have lain dormant almost since the days of 

 Aristotle, till it was revived by the O!>MT\ at ions 

 of Dr. Pallas, who describes it under the title of 

 K<IUUS Hemionus; .supposin^ it to be the lleinio- 

 nos of Aristotle. It is a native of the wild or de- 

 sert regions between the rivers Onnn and ,//////, 

 in the most southern parts of Siberia, and extends 

 over the vast plains and deserts of Tartary, as 

 well as that of Gobi, which reaches even to India. 

 In Tartary it is said to be most frequent about the 

 salt lake called Turicnoor, which is at times dried 

 up. It shuns wooded and mountainous regions; 

 and is .said to live in small herds of about twenty 

 each. Its jrcncral manners are those of the < 

 mon wild horse ; but its swiftness i> still gre;i 

 MII passing even that of the Antelopes; and is pro- 

 verbial in some of the regions it frequent-; and 

 the Thibet ians reprc-ent Chdmtno, their (Jod of 

 ! mounted upon it. 



This animal ha- an appearance much resembling 

 that of a common mule ; having a laii^e head, ll.it 

 forehead, middle -si/cd eyes, with ash-coloured 

 irides : the teeth are thirty-eight in all ; being two 



