THE 



PICTORIAL NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



QUADRUPEDS. 



THE ASS. 



THE Ass is a patient, gentle animal, which does much 

 useful work, and injures no one. It treads very care- 

 fully, and is a safe animal for mounting and descending 

 high hills. It is too often treated very ill by cruel and 

 cowardly persons. The nature of the Ass is not so lively 

 as that of the horse, and allowance should be made for this ; 

 and if the little creature is sometimes stubborn, it will be 

 always found to be the result of unkindness ; and cruelty, 

 (besides being brutal and unworthy a human being,) will 

 only make it more obstinate still. The Scripture says: 

 " A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast." Prov. 

 12 ch. 10 v. The wild Ass of the East, which is mentioned 

 by the prophet Jeremiah (2 ch. 24 v.) is a very fine, swift- 

 footed, and bold creature, quite different from the ill-treated 

 Ass of the United States. The Ass is useful in other ways, 

 beside being a beast of burden. The milk is used for con- 



