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THE ZEBRA. 
This beautiful animal is of so untractable 
a nature, that though the Dutch, when in pos- 
session of the Cape colony, had recourse to 
all possible means to tame it, yet it has never- 
been rendered serviceable to man. One of 
them, indeed, which was long kept in the 
royal menagerie of France, was broken for 
the saddle, but his natural wildness was never 
conquered, for two men were obliged to hold 
the bridle, while a third rode him. Another, 
which belonged to the collection at Exeter 
Change, London, manifested a much gentler 
disposition, and was so tame that he would 
suffer a child six years old to sit quietly on 
his back, without any expression of displea- 
sure. He was familiar even with strangers, 
and received with evident satisfaction the same 
kind of caresses that are usually bestowed 
upon a horse. This beautiful animal was 
burned to death by the mischievous act of a 
monkey, which set fire to the straw on which 
