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confirmation of this assertion, it may be observed that 

 among the equipages occasionally exhibited in the gay sea- 

 son in Hyde Park, and other fashionable places of resort, 

 may be seen a curricle drawn by two Couaggas, which 

 seem as subservient to the curb and whip as any well- 

 trained horses. 



When we consider that this species is thus capable of 

 highly beneficial services in a domesticated condition ; that 

 its natural courage is evinced in its wild state, by the man- 

 ner in which, according to the report of travellers, it repels 

 the Hyaena and the Wolf, — an endowment which would 

 be of great value to the animal, if completely subjected to 

 man ; that this species is an inhabitant of the hottest parts 

 of the earth, and is therefore likely to be of service where 

 the Horse loses his capabilities by climate; we may naturally 

 be surprised that the Couagga has been suffered by us to 

 retain its liberty so long. Naturalists now, however, have 

 discovered ths pliability of its disposition, in conjunction 

 with its physical powers, and practical men will probably 

 in time, take advantage of the discovery, by adding the 

 Couagga to the number of species subdued to the general 

 profit, convenience or pleasure of mankind. 



The Zebra. (Equus Zebra.) For the description of the 

 Zebra, we cannot do better than translate Buffon, a writer 

 whose tact could at once seize all that was interesting and 

 important, and the felicity of whose style could adorn the 

 dryest details. 



" The Zebra is perhaps of all quadrupeds the best made y 

 and the most beautifully clad by the hand of nature. To 

 the figure and graces of the Horse, it adds the light ele- 

 gance of the Stag, and the black and white bands with which 

 its body is ornamented, are arranged with such wonderful 

 symmetry, that we might almost be disposed to imagine,that 

 rule and compass had been employed in their formation. 

 These alternate bands are narrow, parallel, and exactly 



