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*4fi>^us. Hoofs folid; tail briftly at the extremity ; a black c'rofs on 
the ihoulder of the male. -ifsf 
1. Mane woolly, dufky ; ears long, erefl;; forehead much 
arched. JVtld AJs. 
2. Mane Ihort ; cars long, flouching; forehead flattifli. 
Domejlic AJs. 
3‘ Hybrid produce of a male afs and a marc, Mule, 
4- Hybrid produce of horfe and a female afs. Hinny. 
Inhabits the mountamous defarts of Tartary, from whence if 
annually migrates to India and Perfia; found alfo in various 
parts of Syria, Arabia and Africa ; is domeflicated almoft 
evciy where ; loves warmth ; patieitt of hunger and flripes ; 
feeds on thorns and thilUcs ; is llothful, How, llupid aitd 
lafeivious. 
Ears large, flaccid ; mane (hort ; hoiy cinereous, with a black 
crofs upon the (lioulders a) fwifter and more yftitm, hunts 
wild animals, acute in fight and hearing ; loves lalt and bitter 
herbs ; JleJi eaten by the Kirgifees ; Jkiti growing on the rump 
made into chagrin ; livs 30 years ; gravid 290 days ; 3) much 
cultivated in Spain, where its fize is nearly that of a horfe ; 
4^ much lels, of a redder colour, with the ears of a horfe, 
mane and tail of an afs. 
Hoofs folid; body pale buff, with perpendicular brown 
bands ; the limbs with crofs flripes. 
Inltabits plains of fouthern Africa, in troops ; beautiful, malig- 
nant, fwift, wild; fize of a mule: mane fhort, ereft, fliiate; 
ears ereft ; tail like that of an afs. 
Hoofs folid ; body above chefmit, with perpendicular brown 
flripes ; belly, legs and thighs, white without flripes j 
fides fpotted. 
Inhabits fouth of Africa, in feparate tribes ; thicker, ftouter and- 
more tameable than the zebra. 
^Julcus, Hoofs cloven. Chihfe Horfe. 
Inhabits the rocky mountams of the Cordelleras in South Ame- 
rica : vicious, wild, fwift ; neighs like a horfe ; refembles 
in fize and colour the afs, but wants the crofs; ears fmall, 
ereft. 
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