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behind. The tip of the muzzle is black, and from this point spring 

 four stripes of the same colour. The markings on the neck are 

 continued up into the mane, which does not fall down over the 

 crest, as in the horse, but is stiif and straight like that of the 

 Zebra. 



This quadruped (Fig. 69) is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 and doubtless of many of the mountainous districts of Southern 

 Africa. It lives in arid and desert localities, in droves, and is shy, 



Fig. 69.— The Dauw or Peelsi [Eqitus Burchdhi, Beunett). 



capricious, irascible, and difEcult to tame. The Dauws in the 

 Menagerie of the Museum of Natural History in Paris have pro- 

 duced several young ones. 



The Wild Ass is the sole undomesticated species of the equine 

 genus which belongs to the regions of Asia included in Mongolia,' 

 India, and the Himalaya. The Zebra, the Quagga, and the Dauw 

 are the species of the same genus which are peculiar to Africa, 



