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illlpoíli~ity oi rnixiog them fo as to produccacornmon dinaoee, (c~rahes ¡he places and road. ,he tÚed,10 treo
O( intennediate fpecies capable of propag~ting ~od quent, and eafily clillioguilhes him fro,m !he ,en,of mao·
tranfm¡nin¡¡ in. the fame manoer as olher diflinél f~e. kiod. The ~fs has 'a ve¡~ fioe eye, an excelleot fcem,
cies' the ndlioo that the horfe aod the afl are Ihe ¡¡nd a good ear. Wheo overloaded, be haogs his head
fpe;ie,'will appear tO be without any folid found~tion. aod fioks his ean: who¡¡ too much teafed or tormeot:
llcGdes the af~ differs materially from me horfe ID ¡he ed, he opens his mO,uth aod retraéls hiJ a diCa.
thickoeis of the liead, the leogth of th~ ears, the ha!d· grceable mann~r, which gives him an air of ridicule
cef. of tbe lkio, aod io the voic~, the difpofitioos, the aod derifion. If you cover lIis ey~s, he Ivilf oot more
manner of drinking, tic. With ref,ardto animals, t~re ~nPther fiep; if you J~y .him 00 bis fide, and place his
il p'rha~s but one permanem aod.uoifo~m fpedfic 4.if• head fo tljat one eye re~s 00 th~ gro,und'" ~OO cover the
linéliqo in na¡ure: amale apd .remale of dlffer~nt fpec¡es other with a,c1?tb, he lIIi1l remaio iD !hi,'litUatioowith·
,tDaYcOpulate, mayproducealhirdaoimalref~ÍDbliogboth, OU\ makiog apy at,teJl)pt 19 get up. He,walks, trotl,
'put very differentfromlÍlher: but here tl>ot,ureha,sputa fi· ,aOO gaJlops in the f:1;1D4 maooer as the.h.D1fe; b~t all his
Dal llop to ,JI ftlrther procrealion : the thlrd ammal, al· motioos are fiower. \,Vhatever be the pa~e he is goiog
tboughit,befeef1lingly fu{foilh~d l!Ii\h~yery t.jling ne,e{fa. at, if you p»1h him, he' iofiantIy flop"
ry for propag'a1io¡, remains for ~ver barren: NO,w, Ihe The try of the'horfe is knQwn by the Dame ofmigh.
holfe ~ be ma~, to,tqpulate''Yith the afs; a rnule-,'Or ing; ,that of tb¡: .fs, 1>3 brllJing, wbicil il a long, dif.·
miXture~f¡he!w(), Í;SlhtfruiLof.tpeunn'lU,al'embra.¡e: greeable naife, tpnfiUing of alternate difcords from
but the il!lpTe&n;ttion of a m~l~ is .found by expe¡je¡¡ce !h~rp to grAve adli froro grave to Qmp: h~ feldoJII
to be alcogether impoflible , cries but whep Frf{f~d ,wi,tb hunge¡ or love: the vOOee
The afs, tberefole, is a dinioél fpecies, and his r~ce of. thc fem~le is clea(er and,more piercing than that of
as 'ancieot as iliat of Ihe ~orfe, Why tbeo fhould this lhe male.
ufeful, pacieot,;foberaniln.1 be fo moch defpifedt We The afs is lefs fllbjeéllo vermio Ibao olher animals
,ar~ .apt ~ compare ~iml en ~veF)' occ~Gon, with Ihe covere:d wi¡h hair; h~,is never' Iroubled wilh Iice, pro·
Aorfe, aod, ftOOl ·this c->mpariJ'oo a[4, led, to, .er,y, falfe bably,owing 10 lhe ha¡dQ~fs, and drinefs of his Jkio;
:ioo uofavOUf;tble· cO,Qtlufioe.. '{'he horf~ i~ ed~~ted and it is probably for the f'!\Ie reafoo, that be is lefs
'\¡ti'tI, gr~n carqnJ eKperu:~; ~ltile \he pllO< afs, a, [epfibl~ to'me wilip.and.f".,r.!hao tbe horfe.
tb.e,abufe o( ;tb,q'm~nen f.r~aDts or Ihe r!~ teet)¡,of Ihe af~ (all out. and groY! al the farrie
croelty of cbi!dr~, iollead of 14eriviog beo.lit from age aOO io the fame' maooer as thof~ uf the hor[e; ami
¡nfirudion, lofes ib e[.c\ohis ~~Rl good qualitiea by he has Dearly tbe fame marks in his mOJltb.
the bl\d trtatmtn,t he fufférs. , ~ is the fport aod Me. are capable of propagjting wheo two. yms
liufffl.blecltof every rq{l¡jc"wlw'¡'~~t. on4 ov~rload b,'m old. The females .are io feafon d~ring lhe momM of
withou.! m~~cy or MmtiQO. ;r.hoy never confider, May and Juoe. ,The mil~ .appem in ¡he dug' ten
UJIIt ¡he Ma would,be IRe II)Q(\' ~ef~. the' bdt made, mQ~lhl after imp.egn'llon; (he, brings fonh. io' the
and'm~ diflinguifhed of an illii¡DaI" if tber,e wcre no 1",~lflb lIlorub, aod ,i)v;lYI 00' at'a time. 'S,mo da)'s
borfes iD tbe world. 'after the birth, tbe feafon of 'the. femaJe returns, and
Tbe .fs is as humble, p~~t, aod mnquil"as the /be 'is a!taio io a coodiúOllolo r4coive !he ruale. The
,Ij~rfe il P:okl, ardeot"aoo impeIU?US, He fubmiu with c<llt Ihould be tikeo. frl/m hor Rt Ihe end,of, fix
nrmoef" pe~haps wim ma"an¡mity,. tq nrokes ~nd momhs,!hilt the growth:and,oourifhmeot oí ¡he f(t¡us
oha~ifemeGI ;. he is temperat" bi¡lb as to tbe qpaotity mar nOl be o¡'Uruéled. ThA flaJliQO 00 ja¡¡J¡,·afl Ibo,hl
'~lquaJjty of'ms r~O(l;.l¡e ,cD!l¡lJl(S bimfelf WilB' lhe be ,the' lar,gen and n{jlngth. , :C3th be found; he
rigid aod difagrecable herbage whic~ tbe horce aod,o· th.ould be ¡r~e yea:rl~, and.never
lheranimals.18~ve to him, <ItKl difdaio to eat :. he is ~xceed,teo.
more dclinte wi¡h regard·to h'Íl driok, never ufing lila· 'Fhe. aJa, like l~ hotfe, uk~ thr~ or fOQt year. in
ter, unkfs il beperfcélly pureo As his manu does DOt growing, and lives ñll he be 25 or 30: he aeeps Jef.
tako tbe.trouble of combiog him"he ofteo roll, himfdf Ihao the bOff<, and:Qever lies-dowo to n~p bu¡ when.
\lo !he turf amOllg thifiJes, ferns, tlt. Wilhout re· ex.cel!ively fatigued. He¡, more,robull, and ltfs fub·
'gar4in8...h~t he is carryiog, be lies ~owo 10 roll as of· jeé! to dife:tles tblO!he hDtIe.
ten as'be' ~n, ¡e~miDg to reproach his. mafia for.. De· Travellus info!'tn;uHbatthtre. ar:e twa fprts of a/!'es
1i1.4\' and.wam of attenlioo. )b P~rlia ~ óne oCwhiah ¡"ufed for bu.mnl, lhey be·
Whe~ very:y()jJog, thO'afs is ~ gay., fl"lghlly, qim· ing flow aod h~vJ; ~od the omu i~ kepl lilte horf:~
~Ie, aod gentle aoimal. BUl he fooo lofe,' lbefe qua!i. (or the faddJe, foc IACy' havt fmooth hair, carry lherr
¡ies,.~robably by lhe bad ufage he mcm witb; aod be· bead well, aod are., much quioker in. ¡hei¡, ~otion ;
cornea lazy¡, qntraélable, and llubborn. WheD under bQI ",hen ¡bey ride them, lbey fi~ neRrCr Ihetr bUl.
tbe iO,ftoepcc. of love, he becomea perfe&ly ,(urious. tocks than when 00 a horfe: thet are drelfed like hor-
The aíl'eé!ian of the femaJe for her young is,firoog : fes, ond afe raughttó amble likc ¡hem,; buttlieygef\eral.
Plioy ,;rlforellls, Ihal when añ experimeot was made , Iy,eleave their nollrils to give thelll moreroomfor brea·
todifcaver Ihe llreoglh of maternal .[ célionin.a fhe.,fs, tbing. Dr Ruffell likewife tells uí t)1cy have tWO fOrls
(he run'throijgh¡hellantes iD order.1O come .~ her.colt. in Syri., one of which is like ours, aod Ibt otber very
Al¡hough Ihe afs be geoerally ill ufed, heMcovm lorge, witb remarlrable loog e~rs j bUI lheyare bOlh
a ¡Ieat .attachmeot lo rus ma!kr,¡ be fmells bim al a plU to the Carne. tÚe, which is, 10 C'Mry uurdeDS.
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