. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . contented with the hardest and most disagreeable herbs,which the horse, and other animals, will leave with disdain. He is verydelicate, with respect to his water, for he will drink none but the clearest,and from rivulets which he is acquainted with. He drinks as moderatelyas he eats, and does not put his nose in the water, through fear, as some 1 Equus couagga, Gmel. 8 Equus asinus, Lin 318 MAMMALIA—ASS. say, of the shadow of his ears; as care is not takeD to cu
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . contented with the hardest and most disagreeable herbs,which the horse, and other animals, will leave with disdain. He is verydelicate, with respect to his water, for he will drink none but the clearest,and from rivulets which he is acquainted with. He drinks as moderatelyas he eats, and does not put his nose in the water, through fear, as some 1 Equus couagga, Gmel. 8 Equus asinus, Lin 318 MAMMALIA—ASS. say, of the shadow of his ears; as care is not takeD to currycomb him, Infrequently rolls himself on the grass, thistles, and in the dust; and, withoutregarding his load, he lays himself down to roll about as often as he canand by this seems to reproach his master for the little care he takes of he does not paddle about in the mud and in the water; he even fear9to wet his feet, and will turn out of his road to avoid the mud. His legs arealso drier and cleaner than the horse; he is susceptible of education, andpome have been seen sufficiently disciplined to be made a show In their earliest youth they are sprightly, and even handsome. Th«vare light and genteel; but either from age or bad treatment, they soon losetheir beauty, and become slow, indocile, and headstrong. Pliny assuresus, that, when they separate the mother from the young one, she will gothrough fire to recover it. The ass is also strongly attacned to his master,notwithstanding he is usually ill treated; he will smell nini afar off, andcan distinguish him from all other men. He also knows the places wherehe has lived, and the ways which he has frequented. His eyes are good,and his smell acute; his ears are excellent, which has also contributed tohis being numbered among timid animals, all of which, it is pretended, havethe hearing extremely delicate, and the ears long. When he is overloaded,he shows it by lowering his head and bending down his ears. When he
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