. The horse and its relatives . Fig. 2. Fig. I. Grcvys Zebra. Fig. 2. Head of Grews Zebra. ZEBRAS AND QUAGGAS 189 cold. Not only were these animals royal gifts atthe time Ludolphus wrote, but before then at leastone specimen had reached Europe alive. Thisstatement rests on the authority of a French author,who saw the animal at Constantinople. He saysthat among other gifts brought by the Abyssinianenvoy to the Grand Seigneur was an ass with avery beautiful skin, if indeed it were natural. This,however, he declined to vouch for, not havingexamined the animal. But he noted the more thanass-like s
. The horse and its relatives . Fig. 2. Fig. I. Grcvys Zebra. Fig. 2. Head of Grews Zebra. ZEBRAS AND QUAGGAS 189 cold. Not only were these animals royal gifts atthe time Ludolphus wrote, but before then at leastone specimen had reached Europe alive. Thisstatement rests on the authority of a French author,who saw the animal at Constantinople. He saysthat among other gifts brought by the Abyssinianenvoy to the Grand Seigneur was an ass with avery beautiful skin, if indeed it were natural. This,however, he declined to vouch for, not havingexamined the animal. But he noted the more thanass-like size, the large head, long ears, and theregularity of the stripes of the breadth of a finger,though he called the dark stripes chestnut-browninstead of black. . The Abyssinian envoy startedwith three zebras as gifts for the Turkish ruler ; two,however, died by the way. These w^ere flayed, andhe brought the skins with him and presented themto the Grand Seigneur with the living specimen. All the zebras and quaggas were separated fromt
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