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JICKTA. 



Equus Hemionus, E. unicolor, cauda calva extremitate pilosa, 

 cruce nulla. Lin. St/st. Nat. Gmel. p. 210. Pall. it. 3. /). 217. 

 Nov. Comm. Fetrop. ig. p. 394. t. 7. 



Horse of an uniform colour, without a distinct humeral cross, 

 with naked tail haired at the tip. 



Dshikketaei. Penna?it Quadr. i . p. 4. 



Czigitai. Buff. Suppl. 6. p. sy. 



This is a species, the knowledge of which seems 

 to have lain dormant almost since the days of 

 Aristotle, till it was revived by the observations 

 of Dr. Pallas, who describes it nnder the title of 

 Equus Hemionus ; supposing it to be the Hemio- 

 nos of Aristotle. It is a native of the wild or de- 

 sert regions between the rivers Onon and Argun, 

 in the most southern parts of Siberia, and extends 

 over the vast plains and deserts of Tartary, as 

 well as that of Gobi, which reaches even to India. 

 In Tartary it is said to be, most irequent about the 

 salt lake called Taricnoor, which is at times dried 

 up. It shuns Avooded and moiuitainous regions ; 

 and is said to live in small herds of about twenty 

 each. Its general manners are those of the com- 

 mon wild horse ; but its swiftness is still greater ; 

 surpassing even that of the Antelopes ; and is pro- 

 verbial in some of the regions it frequents ; and 

 the Thibetians represent Chammo, their God of 

 Fire, mounted upon it. 



This animal has an appearance mucli resembling 

 that of a common mule ; having a large head, flat 

 forehead, middle-sized eyes, with ash-coloured 

 irides : the teeth are thirty-eight in all ; being two 



