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behind. The tip of the muzzle is black, and from this point spring 
four stripes of the same colour. The markings on the neck are 
continued up into the mane, which does not fall down over the 
crest, as in the horse, but is stiff and straight like that of the 
Zebra. 
This quadruped (Fig. 69) is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
and doubtless of many of the mountainous districts of Southern 
Africa. It lives in arid and desert localities, in droves, and is shy. 
Fig. 69. — The Dauw or Peetsi ( Equus Burchellii, Bennett). 
capricious, irascible, and difficult to tame. The Dauws in the 
Menagerie of the Museum of Natural History in Paris have pro- 
duced several young ones. 
The Wild Ass is the sole undomesticated species of the equine' 
genus which belongs to the regions of Asia included in Mongolia,. 
India, and the Himalaya. The Zebra, the Quagga, anc^ the Dauw 
are the species of the same genus which are peculiar to Africa. 
