CTURE IV. 125 



generally nj under every possible < ireum- 



e of disadvantage. 



But, >o far as regards mere beauty, the Afri- 

 can species of this ijcnus, railed the Zclmi, must 

 confessed to stand superior to almost every 



lii.-il, even thevTiger itself 

 CXCe] one knov, 



distinguished numerous ribband-like, br 



stripes on -! < vani-coloured ground. The Z< 



not yet been brought into a state of com- 

 plete domestication; its native wildne.vs still pre- 

 v<-nti iv effort at rendering it serviceable 



in an economical view. 



Lastly to the genus Equus or Horse is re- 

 ferred an animal, discovered of late years in the 

 mountainous parts of Chili in South- America, and 

 distinguished by the titl of the Cloven-fi- 



ter of the genus Horse 

 :.) consisting in the hoofs 

 entire or undivided, it fc>! 

 tli- animal just mentioned, must be c< 



nstitutinsr a very anomalous species, 

 . adieting in part, the generic character of 

 . But as nature scorns all artificial ar- 

 rangements, we cannot presume to suppose that 



