Four feet, wings, and fins . not quite, as much as the is more patient and surer-footed than the horse,being peculiarly adapted for traveling narrow passeswhere the horse would stumble and fall. Thereseems to be two species of the donkey— the commonass, which originated from the wild animal in the 175 AN OLD-FASHIONED VISIT. mountainous deserts of Tartary; and the other, themore beautiful of the two, from the wild ass ofPersia. The bray of the ass is proverbially hideous.^The donkey, like the goat, can subsist on almostanything, feeding on thistles with as much evidentrelish as upon t
Four feet, wings, and fins . not quite, as much as the is more patient and surer-footed than the horse,being peculiarly adapted for traveling narrow passeswhere the horse would stumble and fall. Thereseems to be two species of the donkey— the commonass, which originated from the wild animal in the 175 AN OLD-FASHIONED VISIT. mountainous deserts of Tartary; and the other, themore beautiful of the two, from the wild ass ofPersia. The bray of the ass is proverbially hideous.^The donkey, like the goat, can subsist on almostanything, feeding on thistles with as much evidentrelish as upon the daintiest of clover-tops. Hebelongs to the same family as the horse, but is reallya distinct species for all that. While they were riding home the children classi-fied the different animals they had seen. Frankclassed deer and antelopes with the order Herbi-vora^ family Cervidce. May classed the puma, lion and tiger with thesame order and family as cats, while little Rose knewall about the donkey family, Equida>. 176. CHAPTER VIII. THE MENAGERIE. Grace and the children were getting ready to goto the menagerie. Grace was standing before theglass, in the hall, tying her hat, the children aroundher, when who should walk in but Mr. Dumas. I was just thinking of you, said Grace, extendingher hand with a pleased smile. I was just thinkinghow nice it would be if we could only have you togo with us to the menagerie! 177 THE MENAGERIE. Well, said Mr. Dumas, since my time is myown I will go with you if you wish. Once at the menagerie there seemed no end ofsights. The children stood face to face with nearlyevery animal they had talked about, and many morebesides. The first that particularly attracted their atten-tion was an ourano^-outano:. Look at that man scwatching his head, criedRose. Sure it is a man .^ asked Grace. Hes dot a face like black mens, but the west ofhim is wed and hairy all over, said Rose doubtfully,after an attentive look. He does look like some kind of a man,
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