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has contrived to fubdue, tame, train to his 
fervice, accuftom to his domeftic way of living, 
and bend to his purpofe, many different fpecies 
of animals : but I am perfuaded there are ftill 
many more which he might appropriate to 
his ufe ; and in this number I reckon the ze- 
bra and the quagga, which would be elegant 
and valuable acquifitions to him, from their 
ftrength and fwiftnefs as well as the beauty of 
their ikins. 
As the zebra on which I had made my ex* 
periment was a female, and it is to be pre- 
fumed a male would naturally be lefs docile, I 
purpofed to repeat it on a male, if 1 fhould be 
fortunate enough to procure one : but, during 
the whole courfe of my journey, I fought au 
opportunity in vain ; for though nothing i^ 
more eafy for a traveller in Africa than to hunt 
and kill zebras, it is very difficult to catch 
one alive ; at leaft it is not to be done without 
excellent running horfes, capable of fupporting 
a long chafe ; and even then it is neceffary to 
hunt thefe animals in the plain ; for, if there 
are mountains near, the zebras would foon 
fet the fpeed of the horfes at defiance by their 
fuperior agility in afcending them. However, 
though 
