. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORSES—ASSES. 417 !eft long and various designs and arabesques are cut in it, giving the animal quite a peculiar aspect. In former times half-wild Asses were found on some islands of the Grecian archipelago and in Sar- dinia, and even now they are to be found in South America. Wherever individuals of the species es- cape from the restraint and training of Alan, they soon revert to all the habits of their wild progeni- tors. The preceding data have alread
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORSES—ASSES. 417 !eft long and various designs and arabesques are cut in it, giving the animal quite a peculiar aspect. In former times half-wild Asses were found on some islands of the Grecian archipelago and in Sar- dinia, and even now they are to be found in South America. Wherever individuals of the species es- cape from the restraint and training of Alan, they soon revert to all the habits of their wild progeni- tors. The preceding data have already indicated the extensive range of the Ass. The eastern part of western and central Asia, northern and eastern Africa, south and central Europe and South Amer- ica are the countries in which it thrives best. The drier the soil the better its health and development. Damp and cold agree less with it than with the Horse. Importance of the Riding on Donkeys is probably no- Donhey in where so much in vogue as in Egypt. Egypt. The. willing animals are really indis- pensable as a complement of the conveniences and comforts of life in all greater cities. They are hired in the same way that our cabs are, and therefore no dignity is forfeited by employing them. Such condi- tions are brought about by the nar- rowness of Egyptian streets, that Donkeys alone are fit to render easy and practicable the necessary journeys one takes about town. Therefore they are seen every- where, as for instance in Cairo, mingling with the continuous stream of people filling the streets. The Donkey drivers of Cairo con- stitute a distinct profession, a gen- uine caste, which forms as much an integral part of the city as do the minarets and palms. They are indispensable to the natives and to foreigners; every day a person lives in Cairo he has occasion to be thankful to them, although at the same time they frequently arouse one's ire. " It is a genuine pleasure and a real misery," says Bogumil Golt
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