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kind, that, instead of shunning those who approach- 
ed it, it came up to receive their caresses. The 
quagga is much more tractable than the zebra, 
and is even yoked by the colonists at the Cape, in 
teams, with horses. It is remarkable of this ani- 
mal, likewise, that notwithstanding its being of a 
mi!d character, it is an overmatch for the hysena ; 
pursues that fierce creature whenever it makes its 
appearance ; and protects the horses with whom 
it associates from the hyrena’s violence, from which 
they would otherwise suffer. The quagga is, like 
the zebra, a social animal, but never associates 
with the zebra, 
Cloyen-footed horse. 
The very name of this species, seems to imply 
a kind of equivocal and anomalous being ; one of 
the most prominent characters of the present genus 
being a simple, or undivided hoof. Indeed, ix 
only a single specimen of this animal had been 
described, we might have hesitated as to admitting 
it otherwise than as an accidental variety. 
The cloven-footed horse is a native of South 
America, and was first described by Molina, in 
his Natural History of Chili. In its general ap- 
pearance, size, colour, and many other particulars, 
both external and internal, it resembles the ass ; but 
has the voice and ears of a horse, and has no cross,, 
or transverse bands over the shoulders. It is very 
wild, strong, and swift, and is found in the rocky 
regions of the Andes, or Cordilleras of Peru and 
Chili. The hoofs are divided like those of rumi- 
nant animals. 
It is singular that this curious species, which 
seems as it were to form a kind of link between the 
cloven-hoofed and whole-hoofed tribes, should have 
