LECTURE IV. 125 



generally appears under every possible circum- 

 stance of disadvantage. 



But, so far as regards mere beauty, the Afri- 

 can species of this genus, called the Zebra., must 

 be confessed to stand superior to almost every 

 other quadruped, even the Tiger itself scarcely 

 excepted- The Zebra, as every one knows, is 

 distinguished by its numerous ribband-like, brovi^ii 

 stripes on a cream-coloured ground. The Zebra 

 has not yet been brought into a state of com- 

 plete domestication; its native wildness still pre- 

 venting every effort at rendering it serviceable 

 in an economical view. 



\jdu%\\.w to the genus Equus or Horse is re- 

 ferred an animal, discovered of late years in the 

 mountainous parts of Chili in South- America, and 

 distinguished by the title of the Cloven-footed 

 'Horse. The chief character of the genus Horse 

 (exclusive of the teeth,) consisting in the hoofs 

 being perfectly entire or undivided, it follows 

 that the animal just mentioned, must be consi- 

 dered as constituting a very anomalous species, 

 contradicting in part, the generic character of 

 the rest. But as nature scorns all artificial ar- 

 rangements, we cannot presume to suppose that 



