. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. "Orphan Bov," Grand Cha^u'iox Jack, World's Fair him both for riding and for harness. But this wild and self-willed mountaineer will always show temper if teased, a thing he cannot pos- sibly endure. The quagga is another species of striped ass, which bears still more resemblance to the horse. Its fundamental cf)lor is yellowish brown striped with fewer bands than the zebra, and these disappear on the back and on the croup. The stomach
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. "Orphan Bov," Grand Cha^u'iox Jack, World's Fair him both for riding and for harness. But this wild and self-willed mountaineer will always show temper if teased, a thing he cannot pos- sibly endure. The quagga is another species of striped ass, which bears still more resemblance to the horse. Its fundamental cf)lor is yellowish brown striped with fewer bands than the zebra, and these disappear on the back and on the croup. The stomach and inside of the legs are chiefly white. These animals formerly lived in herds, in com- pany with ostriches, who were quicker than they in finding food and perceiving danger. At the present time the quagga may be said to have disappeared, — to have succumbed in the struggle for existence against the growing population of South Africa and the mania of the Englishman for hunting "big ; The Hottentots gave him the name of quagga on account of his cry (quag-ga, quag-ga), which differs as much from the neighing of a horse as it does from the braying of an ass. III. The Domestic Ass The degenerate descendant of the proud denizens of the step]ies, the mountains, and the deserts is the tame donkey of the north and center of Europe, the drudge among domestic animals, at whom every one thinks he has a right to jibe, granting him in return a few- thistles and food that all other animals would disdain. One reason why he is so obstinate, provoking, and phlegmatic in this part of the world, and consequently so despised, is that he suffers from our cold, damp climate. He is more at his ease and therefore less aggra\'ating and less despised in warm, dry regions. He is indispensable and is therefore \'alued through- out the south of Europe, northern Africa, Egypt especially, and Asia Minor. In all the countries clustering round the Mediterranean he shows his good qualities and
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