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The Earl of Morton on a 
stripes on the fore-hand, are fewer and less apparent than 
those on the colt and filly. These circumstances may appear 
singular ; but I think you will agree with me, that they are 
trifles compared with the extraordinary fact of so many stri- 
king features, which do not belong to the dam, being in two 
successive instances, communicated through her to the pro- 
geny, not only of another sire, who also has them not, but of 
a sire belonging probably to another species ; for such we 
have very strong reason for supposing the quagga to be. 
I am, my dear Sir, 
Your faithful humble servant. 
Dr. IV. H. Wollaston. Morton. 
P. S. I have requested Sir Gore Ouseley to send me some 
specimens of hair from the manes of the sire, dam, colt, and 
filly; and I shall write to Scotland for specimens from those 
of the quagga and of the hybrid. 
I am not apt to build hypotheses in a hurry, and have no 
predilection either for or against the old doctrine of impres- 
sions produced by the imagination ; but I can hardly suppose 
that the imagination could pass by the white tufts on the 
quagga’s mane, and attach itself to the coarseness of its hair. 
Wimpole Street , August 12 th, iSzo 
Note by Dr. Wollaston. 
By the kindness of Sir Gore Ouseley, I had an opportunity of seeing the mare, 
the Arabian horse, the filly, and the colt, and of witnessing how correctly they agreed 
with the description given of them by Lord Morton. 
Having shortly afterwards described the circumstances to my friend Mr. Giles, I 
found that he had observed some facts of nearly equal interest, of which, at my request, 
he has since sent me the following account. 
