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to human control. He breeds with the mare, and the hybrid 

 progeny resembles the Mule. 



The QUAGGA is taller than the Zebra, his height at the 

 withers being about four feet and a half. His body is more 

 round than that of the Zebra ; his limbs are robust ; and 

 his arching neck is surmounted by an upright mane streak- 

 ed with bands of brown. His ears, of moderate length, are 

 marked with irregular bands, and, like the Horse, he pos- 

 sesses a tail covered with long hairs. The colour of the 

 head, the neck, and the upper part of the body, is a reddish- 

 brown, marked with dark brown bands. The streaks be- 

 come fainter until they are lost in the shoulder ; a broad 

 dark line extends along the back ; the brown colour of the 

 back becomes gradually more pale towards the lower parts ; 

 and the belly, legs, and tail are white. 



The Quagga inhabits the plains of Southern Africa, within 

 nearly the same geographical limits as the Zebra, and extends 

 to an unknown distance into the interior. He is found within 

 the territories of the Cape, but the use of fire-arms has thin- 

 ned his numbers, and driven him beyond the limits of the 

 settlers. He is found in the interior in countless herds, 

 spreading over all the plains where water and herbage can 

 be found. He is hunted for his flesh by the African tribes. 



The Quagga is of a greatly more gentle and pliant temper 

 than the Zebra, and he has sometimes been tamed for the 

 purposes of draught by the Dutch inhabitants of the Cape. 

 Sparrman saw one driven through the streets of Cape-Town, 

 in a team with five horses. Another, which had been taken 

 young, was so tame, that it came to be caressed when ap- 

 proached. Many years ago, a pair used to be seen at Hyde 

 Park, in the gay season, attached to a curricle, and as sub- 

 servient to the rein as well-trained horses. Thus this beau- 

 tiful and agile creature is capable of domestication, and might 

 doubtless be applied to all the purposes for which the Horse 

 is used, in the wild and arid regions which he inhabits. 

 Were not Africa peopled by human beings seemingly in the 



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