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thence as far as Congo *. He exiils not in Eu- 

 rope, Aiia, America, nor in any of the northern 

 parts of Africa. Thofe mentioned by fome voy- 

 agers 



belly. Some of thefe circles are white, others yellow, and o- 

 thers chefnet ; and their various lhades run into each other 

 in fuch a manner as charms the eve of the fpeclator. Hi.; 

 head and ears are alfo adorned with'frnall binds of the fame; 

 colours. Thofe on the mane and tail are moflly white, chef- 

 nut, or brown, and few of them yellow. He is fo fleet that 

 no horfe in the world can be compared to him. Hence it is 

 extremely difficult to catch him, and, when caught, ha fells 

 very dear. ... I have often feen large troops of thefe ani- 

 mals. Father Tellez, Theyenot, and other authors, a/Terr", 

 that they have feen them tamed ; but I never heard of their 

 being tamed at the Cape. Several Europeans have ineifectu- 

 ally exerted all their lk.il! and indultry to accompliih. this 

 end ; Defcript. da Cap de Bonne- Efperance, par Kolbe, torn. 3. 

 p. 25. 



* At Famba, in the kingdom of Congo, we find an ani- 

 mal called zebre by the natives, v hich exactly refembles a 

 mule, except that it is prolific. Befides, ics hair is wonder- 

 fully difpofed ; for, from the fpine of the back to the 

 belly, there are bands of white, black, and yellow, about three, 

 inches broad, and arranged with the niceft proportion. Thefe 

 animals multiply greatly in this country ; for they product: 

 every year. They are extremely fleet and wild. If tamed, 

 they might fupply the place of the horfe ; Drake's voyage, p. 

 ic6. — On the road to Loanda in the kingdom of Congo, there 

 is an animal of the fize and ftrength of a mule ; but its hair 

 is variegated with white, black, and yellow bands, which 

 encircle the body from the fpine of the back to the belly, and 

 are fo beautiful, and fo regularly difpofed, that Lney have the 

 appearance of being drawn by a pencil. It is named zebra % 

 Re/at. (Fun voyage de Congo, par ies P. P. Michel- Ange de Galling 

 ct Denys de CAarly, Capucim, p. 76. — In Congo, there is ail 

 animal called febra, which every way refembles a mule, ex- 

 cept in its power of producing. Its hair is very Angular : 

 From the ridge of the back to the belly, there are three bands 



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