376 THE ZEBRA. 



matter ftands, the horfe, the afs, the zebra, and 

 the czigithai, belong to the fame genus, and 

 conftitute three or four branches of the fame 

 family : The two firft of which have long been 

 reduced to a domeftic flate. We may therefore 

 hope, that the two laft may likewife be tamed 3 

 and prove a ufeful acquifition to mankind. 



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