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QUAKKA AND ZEBRA. 
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writers, the Quakka * was considered to be the female Zebra ; while 
both that and the true Zebra bore in common, among the colonists, 
the name of Quakka. The Wilde Paard, named Dauw f by the Hot- 
tentots, and a much scarcer animal than the other two, was never 
suspected to be a different species, although it be far more distinct 
from the Quakka and Zebra, than these are from each other. 
The hoofs of animals destined by nature to inhabit rocky moun- 
tains, are, as far as I have observed, of a form very different from 
those intended for sandy plains ; and this form is, in itself, sufficient 
to point out the Dauw as a separate species. The stripes of the 
skin will answer that purpose equally well, and show, at the same 
time, the great affinity, and the specific distinction, of the Ass [Equus 
Asinus), which may be characterised by a single stripe across the 
shoulders. The Quakka has many similar marks on the head and 
fore-part of the body : the Zebra is covered with stripes over the head 
and the whole of the body ; but the legs are white : and the Wilde 
Paard is striped over every part, even down to the feet. The Zebra 
and Wilde Paard may be further distinguished from each other, by 
the stripes of the former being brown and white, and the brown stripe 
being double; that is, having a paler stripe within it % : while the lat- 
ter, which may be named Equus montanus, is most regularly and 
beautifully covered with single black and white stripes. Added to 
this, the former is never to be found on the mountains, nor the latter 
on the plains. § 
The most beautiful part of Drakenstein is Wagen-makers' (Wag- 
gon-makers') Valley ; and the Dal van Josaphat (Vale of Josaphat) is 
not less pleasant. The farms lie nearer together, and population 
and fertility appeared to increase in proportion as we advanced 
towards the Paarl. 
We approached the Berg river with some anxiety, lest it should 
* Equiis Qiiagga, of authors. 
f Pronounced Dow, as in the English word doiver. 
X See the Vignette at the end of Chapter XI. 
§ I have presented all these three animals to the British Museum, where the dis- 
tinctions here pointed out may readily be seen. 
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