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THE WILD ASS. 



powerful and ferocious creature; when he finds 

 himself in danger of being taken, he makes furious 

 efforts to escape, and if one of the company forces a 

 way through the circle of his enemies, the others 

 follow him with irresistible impetuosity. Fleet as 

 horses, and almost of unconquerable spirit, they 

 rush onward with incredible velocity; neither rocks 

 nor precipices, neither rivers nor deep ravines, 

 retard them in their headlong course ; if attacked, 

 they adroitly defend themselves with their heels 

 and mouths; and this so instantaneously, that 

 without slackening their speed, they often maim the 

 stoutest of their pursuers. 



THE WILD Ass. 



