THE ZEBRA.

Tun Zebra has a figure like the mule,
but he is a much more beautiful beast.
His body is striped black, or a fawn-co-
lored ground in the male, and white in
the female. The Zebra is strong and
fleet, but almost untameable. Its voice
‘3 said to resemble that of a post-horn.
In the mountain districts of Southern Af-
rica, the Zebras are found in herds. The
hunters capture them with the lasso ; but
as it is found impossible to subdue them
to any kind of toil, they are fit for nothing
but food. There is another animal called
the Quagga, which bears much resem-

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