FEMALE ZEBRA. 
was much different from that of an Ass ; re- 
sembling, more, the confused barking of a 
Mastiff Dog. It seemed to be of a savage and 
fierce nature; no one would venture to ap- 
proach it, but a gardener in the Prince's service, 
who was used to feed it, and could mount on 
it's back. I saw it eat a large paper of To- 
bacco, paper and all ; and I was told, that it 
would eat flesh, or any kind of food they 
would give it. I suppose, that proceeded from 
necessity, or habit, in it's long sea-voyage : for 
it undoubtedly feeds, naturally, on much the same 
as Horses and Asses do ; I mean^ on vegetables. 
I never saw a skin brought over agreeing v^-ith 
this, which makes it a much greater curiosity 
than the Male. I suppose, the skins of tlic 
Females are not counted so beautiful as those 
of the Males; for which reason, tijey are not 
brought to us. The Female has not, till novv', 
been figured or described." 
To this Edwards merely adds — that Ludol- 
phus, in his History of Ethiopia, or Abyssinia, 
describes the Zebra ; and says, it is taken in 
the woods of that country, but is there so rare 
that it is sold for a grtat price when made tame, 
and 
