FEMALE ZEBRA. 
1 HOUGH, with the figure of Edwards, 
we have preserved the name under which he 
described this animal, there is some reason to 
beheve, with Pennant and other late naturalists, 
that it may, in fa^fb, be the Quagga of the Hot- 
tentots, and not stridlly a Zebra. 
As Edwards, however, could possess no do- 
cuments on which to found such an idea, he 
stands very excusable, should it appear that he 
was mistaken : and, after all, this is, perhaps, 
very doubtful. 
The description which accompanied his 
figure is as follows — This curious animal," 
says Edwards, *' was brought alive, together 
with the Male, from the Cape of Good Hope. 
The Male dying before they arrived at London, 
I did not see it ; but this Female lived several 
years at a house of his Royal Highness the 
Prince of Wales, at Kew. For size, and 
shape, it is much like the Male Zebra. To 
speak 
