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to the Earl of Morton, was covered in 1815 by a Quagga, 

 which is a species of wild ass from Africa, and marked 

 somewhat in the style of a Zebra. The mare was cov- 

 ered but once by the Quagga, and after a pregnancy 

 of eleven months and four days gave birth to a hybrid, 

 which had, as was expected, distinct marks of the 

 Quagga, in the shape of its head, black bars on the 

 legs and shoulders, &c. In 181'r, 1818 and 1821, the 

 same mare was covered by a very fine black Arabian 

 horse, and produced successively three foals, and al- 

 though she had not seen the Quagga since 1816, they 

 all bore his curious and unequivocal markings. 



Since the occurrence of this case numerous others 

 of a similar character have been observed, a few of 

 which may be mentioned. Mr. McGillivray says, that 

 in several foals in the royal stud at Hampton Court, 

 got by the horse "Actaeon," there were unmistakable 

 marks of the horse " Colonel." The dams of these foals 

 were bred from by Colonel the previous year. 



A colt, the property of the Earl of SuflBeld, got by 

 "Laurel," so resembled another horse, "Camel," that 

 it was whispered and even asserted at Newmarket that 

 he must have been got by "Camel." It was ascer- 

 tained, however, that the mother of the colt bore a foal 

 the previous year by " Camel." 



Alex. Morrison, Esq., of Bognie, had a fine Clydesdale 



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