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foal, of which that out of the Burchellii was the handsomest, and is still in my possession (1845). That 
out of the Common Zebra I sent to the Zoological Society of London (in ). In 1842 I purchased of 
Mr. Herring a male Zebra, by whom, in May 1844, the female had a fine young male, which I now possess, 
and the mother is again expected to produce. Since that time, the Dshikketei, both for the purpose of 
the experiment and for the convenience of accommodation, has been turned out into the same paddock 
with his daughter by the BurchelUan and with a female Quagga, both of whom he has covered, and the 
latter is now heavy in foal, but the hyhrid not so. Thus I expect ere long to be able to prove that the 
TVild Ass or Dshikketei w'xW not only copulate, but breed with each of the three kinds Zebra; though 
it does not as yet afford the desired proof of their intimate connection, if not identity, as the hybrid out 
of the Zebra, and that out of the BurchelUan species, which much the more strongly of the two resembled 
the sire, has proved barren. The young male Zebra is a very fine animal, and was as a foal of most rapid 
growth, being quite equal to the mother in size at about six months, and now considerably larger. While 
very young the stripes were not black, but decidedly fulvous, and continued so till about the time I have 
above named. 
" I find 1 have made some errors in this paper. The hybrid sent to the Park was the handsomest in 
marks, but not in symmetry. It is also still living. The young male Zebra was foaled May 23, 1844. The 
mother took the male on June 3, 1844, but did not hold ; again July 18, 1845 ; and as they go with young 
about a year, she should produce again in July 1846. The foal equalled the mother not so early as I have 
said, but at about ten months. He is now not so large, but higher than she." 
" The Zebra foaled at last, last night. It is a female. Both mother and young are doing well." — May 
24, 1844. 
" Can you tell me how long a Zebra is in a state of pregnancy ? mine has gone more than a week over 
the twelve months. The Eland is in the seventeenth month ; and the Leucoryx is pregnant, of which we 
are not sure, about four or five." — June 6, 1844. 
" It was a curious coincidence that you should receive so nearly the acquisition of the father and one 
of his daughters. The other, of the same year as yours, I have now here. She has been in the paddock 
all the last season with her sire, in order to try if they would breed together ; but though we know he 
copulated with his companion, a female Quagga (and we were in hopes she was in foal), we do not enter- 
tain any such expectations of the daughter, whose mother, I think, was the BurchelVs Zebra and the dam 
of that you have, the Common Zebra, who we hope will ere long produce another legitimate produce by her 
own male. Her son of that year is become a very fine animal." 
