2EBR A. 
that the czigithai is common in the country of 
the Moojoux and Kakas; that it differs from 
the domestic mule^ and that it cannot be 
trained to bear burdens. Muller and Gmelin 
assure us, that these animals are numerous in 
the country of the Tongusians, where they 
are hunted Hke other game ; that, in Siberia, 
towards Bonsja, they are very plentiful in dry 
seasons ; and that they resemble a bright bay 
horse, in figure, size, and colour, except that 
they have vefy long ears, and a tail like that 
of a cow. 
If those travellers who examined the czigi- 
thai, had at the same time compared it with the 
Zebra, they might probably have discovered a 
great number of relative appearances. In the 
Petersburgh cabinet, there are stuffed skins of 
both animals ; and, from these, it seems mani- 
fest that, though they differ in colour, they 
belong to the same or a very neighbouring spe- 
cies. Time alone can remove or confirm these 
conjevflures: but, as all the other animals of 
Africa are likewise found in Asia, if the Zebra 
and czigithai should not be of the same spe- 
cies, 
