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though I had no opportunity of repeating my 
trial, I am not the lefs convinced of the pradi- 
cability of taming the zebra, and converting him 
into a domeftic animal. 
Such an undertaking, I allow, would re^ 
quire pains, addrefs, patience, and an uninter- 
rupted perfeverancc in rational means. At 
the fame time, the moft perfefl: mode of educa- 
tion would not fucceed equally well v/ith every 
fpecies : feme are naturally dull and ftupid, and 
tbefe unite with their want of underftanding 
an obftinacy of rcfiftance, and a refradory 
difpofition, which would render them alto- 
geiher unteachable. We may go farther per- 
haps and fay, that the moft perfedible fpecies 
are thofe which, being inured to combats and 
ftratagems from their mode of life, and contU 
nually in a ftate of defenfive or ofFenfive war- 
fare, have more occafion to unfold their facul- 
ties, exercife their inftind, and employ rc- 
fiedion, if in fpeaking of beafts I may ufe 
this expreilion, which certainly isr as proper 
when applied to them as to us. The lion, 
which is ftyled the king of beafts, no doubt 
becaufe he is fuppofed to be the moft danger- 
ous and terrible, is one of the moft eafy to 
tame. 
