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danger. Notwithstanding these precautions several zebras havo 

 been taken alive, and some, in spite of their vicious habits, havo 

 been trained to draw a carriage. In all probability it might be 

 domesticated like the ass, as the black cross on the back and 

 shoulders of the latter animal prove the affinity between them. 

 The voice of the Zebra is very peculiar, and can hardly be de^ 

 scribed. 



Quagga, the Quagga. 



The CluAGGA is also a native of South Africa. It bears 

 some resemblance to the Zebra, but is at once distinguished 

 from that animal by the paucity and dulness of the stripes, 

 which do not reach to the hind quarters or legs at all, and 

 only faintly mark the back, its head and neck bearing the 

 deepest stripes. It is not formed quite so gracefully as the 

 zebra, its hind quarters being slightly higher than its shoulders. 

 The natives occasionally tame it for the purposes of draught, 

 but it i.i not to be depended on, being vicious and very wild. 



