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QUAGGA. 
like that of a horse nor an ass, but more resembling 
the confused barking of a mastiff dog. In the 
two which Goldsmith saw, there was a circum- 
stance that seems to have escaped naturalists ; 
which is, that the skin hangs loose below the jaw 
upon the neck, in a kind of dewlap, which takes 
away much from the general beauty. But whe- 
ther this be a natural or accidental blemish., he 
would not take upon him to determine. 
These animals are often sent as presents to the princes 
of the east. We are told, that one of the governors 
of Batavia gave a zebra, which had been sent to him 
from Africa, to the ernperor of Japan, for which 
he received, as an equivalent for the company, a 
present to the value of sixty thousand crowns. 
Teller also relates, that the Great Mogul gave 
two thousand ducats for one of them. And it is 
frequent with the African ambassadors to the 
court of Constantinople, to bring some of these 
animals with them, as presents for the Grand 
Signior. 
In some parts about the Cape of Good Hope, 
there are many zebras ; and a penalty of fifty rix- 
dollars is inflicted on any person who shoots one 
of them. Whenever any of them happen to be 
caught alive, they are ordered to be sent to the 
governor. 
Quagga, 
The quagga nearly resembles the zebra. It is 
of the same size ; but its ears are shorter than 
that animal’s ; and it has no stripes on its fore 
legs, loins, or hinder parts. The flanks are spotted; 
the rump uniformly coloured ; and the belly, legs, 
and thighs are of a ferruginous white. 
A tame quagga, which Dr. Sparrman saw at the 
Cape, was so pleased with the familiarity of man- 
