. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. n Upper Egypt and inNubia, where they cost more than horses. Formerly there were such hordes of wildasses in the Cape Verde and Canary Islandsthat they had to be exterminated by South America they are equally numerous,especially in Patagonia. Sardinia has an im-mense number of very small donkeys, employedchiefly in grinding corn and in drawing asses mill, viola asinana, was in use in for consumptives. It contains a great quan-tity of sugar. Parmesan cheese is made of flesh of very young asses is eat
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. n Upper Egypt and inNubia, where they cost more than horses. Formerly there were such hordes of wildasses in the Cape Verde and Canary Islandsthat they had to be exterminated by South America they are equally numerous,especially in Patagonia. Sardinia has an im-mense number of very small donkeys, employedchiefly in grinding corn and in drawing asses mill, viola asinana, was in use in for consumptives. It contains a great quan-tity of sugar. Parmesan cheese is made of flesh of very young asses is eaten in Italyand in Spain, where it is thought tender anddelicious; that of the older animals is skin of an ass is made into parchment,vellum, and shagreen, and is thus very valuable. IV. The MuleThe breeding of these animals is carried onto a great extent in the south of Europe, inAmerica, and in Asia. The custom was earlyknown ; it was forbidden among the Israelitesb\ the laws of Moses, but in Davids timethey were ccrtainl)- cnipl(i\iiig mules, probably. On the Be.^ch southern Italy in very ancient times. In Sicilyasses are very numerous ; they are generallysmall in size and blue-gray in color, with longi-tudinal and transversal stripes on the back. Asses were first introduced into Englandin the days of Ethelred, the Saxon king, andagain under the reign of Henry III. TheEnglish adopted the barbarous custom ofcropping their ears, with the idea that it madethem more good-natured, more wide-awake,and more obedient, the popular notion beingthat the animals were stupefied by receivingtoo much sound. Asses have other uses than for riding or fordraft purposes. Asss milk has always beenconsidered extremely wholesome and beneficial(though formerly more so than to-day), especially imported. The Greeks and Romans raisedthem, and they were even used in the Olympicgames. This mongrel product is a tall, strong animalcorresponding to the horse in height and inthe shape of the neck,
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