. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. «U!.!'LAM) Vl\^\\. cmlurnnco. The \,mv iuved hii^c uimI Ihmv), and , ^ lor a \v islands, the host known oi'whioli i- the Shktkand I' This odd, -juaint, si)irited little animal is an inhahilanl of the islands id the northern oxtromity of S'^'otland, whore it runs wild, and may he owneil liy any (uie who can cateli and hold it. ("insiderin.^ its diminutive proportions, which only aVoran'o seven or oi^ht luuuls in hei-hf, the Sheltio is wonderfully ,
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. «U!.!'LAM) Vl\^\\. cmlurnnco. The \,mv iuved hii^c uimI Ihmv), and , ^ lor a \v islands, the host known oi'whioli i- the Shktkand I' This odd, -juaint, si)irited little animal is an inhahilanl of the islands id the northern oxtromity of S'^'otland, whore it runs wild, and may he owneil liy any (uie who can cateli and hold it. ("insiderin.^ its diminutive proportions, which only aVoran'o seven or oi^ht luuuls in hei-hf, the Sheltio is wonderfully , and can trot" away quite oasiry \nlli a tolerably heavy man on its back. One of these little creatures carrieil a man of twelve weight for a distance of forty miles in a sin-l( day. The head of this little aniniiil IS small, the neck shoit and well arched, and covered with an ahundance of heavy maiio that falls over the fice and irresistibly reminds the sp(!ctat(n' of a Skye-terrier. it is an admirable drau-ht wlien to a carriage of i)roportionate size ; and a i)air et tlicse spirited little creatures, when attached to a, low ladv's carria-e, have a remarkahlv piquant and ]iretty a])pearance. MANhas ,so hni- the DuMKsTic Ass under his control, that its ori-inal pro-eniturs Jiavo entirely ihsappeared from the face of the earth. ' '" Then,' are, as it is \\cll known, abundant examples of wild found in various lands, hut it seems that these animals are either the (h'scendants of domcsti. ated wlneh have escapeil caiitivity, or mules between the wild and doniest,,- animals Iif size and general aii]iearaiice the varies givatlv, according to the cuntry which it inliabits and the treatment to wliicli il is subjected. The Spaiii:i]i kind, for exainjilc IS the size of the ordinary Ass, and even the latter aii-mnl is extivnicly vanal)h( m stature and general As a rule, the Ass is lar.;.^
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