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ZEBRA. 



Equus Zebra. E. fusciis fuscis versicotor. Lin. Syst. Xat. 



p. 101. 



White Horse, variegated with numerous dark -brown stripes. 

 Zebra Indica. Aldr. solid, p. 416. Jonst. Quadr. p. 21. 

 Zeura, ou Zecora. Lobo. Abits. I. p. 291. 

 Zebra. Edw. pi. 222. 

 Le Zebre. Bujf. 12. p. i. pi. i, 2. 

 Zebra. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 13. 



THAT most beautiful quadruped, the Zebra, is 

 a native of the hotter parts of Africa, being foi ml 

 from ./Ethiopia to the Cape of Good Hope, living' 

 in large herds, and possessing much of the man- 

 ners both of the wild Horse and the Ass ; being 

 excessively swift and vigilant. It is of a still 

 wilder or more unmanageable disposition than ei- 

 ther of the former animals, and even such as have 

 been taken very young are with much difficulty 

 brought to any degree of familiarity, and have 

 very rarely been rendered so far manageable as to 

 submit to the bridle. 



The size of the Zebra is equal, or rather supe- 

 rior, to that of the Ass, and its form more ele- 

 gant ; since, exclusive of its beautiful colours, 

 the head and ears are well shaped, and of mode- 

 rate size. The colour is either milk-white, or 

 cream-colour, with a very slight cast of buff or 

 pale ferruginous ; and the whole animal is deco- 

 rated on every part with very numerous black or 

 blackish-brown stripes, disposed with the utmost 

 symmetry, and exhibiting an appearance not so 



