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to the Earl of Morton, was covered in 1815 by a Qiiagga, 

 which is a species of wild ass from Africa, and marked 

 somewhat in the style of a Zebra. The mare was cov- 

 ered but once by the Quagga, and after a pregnancy 

 of eleven months and four days gave birth to a hybrid, 

 which had, as was expected, distinct marks of the 

 Quagga, in the shape of its head, black bars on the 

 legs and shoulders, &c. In 181*7, 1818 and 1821, the 

 same mare was covered by a very fine black Arabian 

 horse, and produced successively three foals, and al- 

 though she had not seen the Quagga since 1816, they 

 all bore his curious and unequivocal markings. 



Since the occurrence of this case numerous others 

 of a similar character have been observed, a few of 

 which may be mentioned. Mr. McGillivray says, that 

 in several foals in the royal stud at Hampton Court, 

 got by the horse "Actaeon,'^ there were unmistakable 

 marks of the horse " Colonel.'^ The dams of these foals 

 were bred from by Colonel the previous year. 



A colt, the property of the Earl of Suffield, got by 

 "Laurel,'^ so resembled another horse, "Camel," that 

 it was whispered and even asserted at Newmarket that 

 he must have been got by '' Camel. '^ It was ascer- 

 tained, however, that the mother of the colt bore a foal 

 the previous year by '' Camel." 



Alex. Morrison, Esq., of Bognie, had a fine Clydesdale 

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