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NATURAL HISTORY. 
Fig. 73.—The Zebra. 
tinct and regular stripes, make a brilliant appearance as 
they flee together before the hunter. The Quagga of 
the same country is similar, but from the indistinctness 
of its stripes it is aless beautiful animal. Neither of 
these animals can be profitably used like the Horse and 
Ass, because they are so wild and vicious. 
Questions.—W hat are the orders of the Ungulata? What are the 
families of the Pachydermata? How many species are there of the 
Elephant, and where are they found? What is the arrangement of 
the Elephant’s foot? What are the various offices of his proboscis ? 
What is his food, and how does he obtain it? What is said of the 
herds of elephants? How are Elephants valuable to man? Which 
species is most so? What is said of large extinct animals? What 
is said of the Tapirs? What of the Pig Family? What of the 
Babyroussa? Of the Rhinoceros? Of the Hippopotamus? Of the 
Rhinoceros Birds? What does the Horse Family include? What 
is the first that we know of the Horse? What is said of the herds 
of wild horses? What of the Arabian Horse? What of the Ass? 
What species of the Ass is fleeter than the Horse? What is said of 
the Zebra? 
