ASS. .." 



hairs beyond the tip about four inches : the height 



ut three- tret nine- inch 



Thi* species is Mipposed t () i l; t\, i, irll found iu 



ml some other i in the da\.s of ' 



totl( ; and is mentioned hy Pliny, from tl 

 of Theophrastus, as hcin^ found in t'appad 

 It.-, nai\i name, aiiiou^- tlie .)///;/i;v//,\//^ i 

 nt' 7 (i i .' a i noii"' tlie t'lii/ 



ASS. 



.-.is Asinus. I'., cauda cxt remit ate tctttsa, truce nigra supra 

 kvmtros. Lot. Syst. Xut. f>. 100. 



.rh blackish cross over the shoulders, and tail tij>j>cd 

 with long hair. 



Onager. 1'lin. 8. c. 44. and 58. Aldr. toKd. p. 352. 

 ( )iui;;i, . (ietn. Qaadr. p. iy. 



iufi. Vhn. 8. c. 43. ('<>. Quadr. p. 3. AMr. tolid. /- 

 Jon.\t. Quadr. p. 16. pi. 6. 



-.]>l. n. 

 Ass. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 8. 



Tin: A->s is an animal which, Inning heen 1 

 .ieinnrd to a State of the |f>Wftt Mrvitude, 

 uk-rel hun the 



HOIM-. has .n <|iiircd, in most parts of F.nn.j 

 chaiactei of contciiij)t. ^'et in its natural or wild 



it < \hilits an appiarancc vci\ fai MIJK 

 hoth in point of heantv and n\ ( 



ofin.inx |..irtx of A>ia. living, like thtMot of this 

 genus, in a urc^aiious manner. It chiefly <x < 

 in the dry and mountainous dcM-its of'Tail. 

 ill the .southern parts of India and Pcr>ia. It i> 



