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is t^ight inches. The reader will pardon -me 
for inlerting thefe trifling details of meafure- 
ment, of which I am not more fond than him- 
felf 5 but they appeared to me neccflary here, 
to convey an accurate idea of the extraordinary 
length of the ears of this animal, which are 
certainly larger in proportion than thofe of any 
other we are acquainted with, fince they are 
only four lines fhorter than the body itfelf. 
When the wind had entirely fubfided, the 
wild animals, and particularly the ifabella-co- 
loured zebras, re-appeared in the plain. I had 
long been very eager to procure one of thefe, 
but, notwithftanding all my efforts, had never 
been able lo fucceed. I again employed a 
whole day in hunting them, and even chafed 
them to the diflance of more than feven leagues 
from the horde ; but I found it impoffible to 
overtake them, and, after a great deal of ufelefs 
fatigue, was obliged to relinquifh the purfult. 
This wild animal, which will not fuffer it- 
felf to be approached, is the only one I faw in 
i^frica, a few birds of lofty flight excepted, 
that I was unable to procure. Never having 
had it in my pofieffion, I can fay no more of 
it than what I have already written, and I fhall 
* The French divide the inch into twelve lines. T. 
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