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No. io.—THE ANTELOPE OR DEER 
HOUSE. 
This building was completed in 1877, and affords accom¬ 
modation at present for a somewhat varied assortment of 
herbivorous animals. 
Several species of zebra and quagga, are found in Africa, 
and also of wild asses in south-western Asia. The most 
beautiful of all these, in pattern and shade of coloring, is 
Burchell’s Zebra (Equus burchelli ), which ranges in large 
herds over the plains north of the Orange river, in Africa. 
The so-called Chapman’s zebra comes from farther north, 
chapman’s zebra. 
and is probably of the same species. It is a well-known 
fact that some horses, especially those of a dun color, have 
indications of the spinal stripe and those on the inside of the 
legs, which are possessed by nearly all the wild species, which 
resemblance is held to indicate the relationship of the horse 
of the present epoch to some such antecedent form. A 
