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There is a grey coloured female jackass, about 15 years old, in the possession of a fruiterer in this neighbourhood, which has the four legs striped like a zebra up to the knees and hocks respectively. The stripes grow fainter behind; on the fore-legs anteriorly, though not complete as in the zebra, they are very distinct and symmetrical. The muzzle and jaw, half way up to the eye, are black, and there is a broad black band at the base of each ear.

All the history I could obtain about the animal was that "it came out of Suffolk," and that it was "a rare good 'un'" –this last exclamation being produced by an offer on my part to buy the skin of the animal, should it ever die, a fact, which is, I suppose, somewhat problematical, as one never sees a dead ass. I opine, from the above exclamation and other "hints," that its owner would rather I did not want for its decease, bit is quite ready to part with it now for "a consideration."

C. R. Bree, M. D. (Colchester)