ASS. 



The most abject offices are his ordinary lot, and 

 I singular an advantage to this multitude of 

 workmen, as well as ourselves, to find a gentle, 

 strong, and indefatigable animal, who, without 

 either < xpence or pride, replenishes our cities and 

 villages with all sorts of commodities. A short 

 comparison will complete the illustration of his 

 services, and in some measure raise them out of 

 their obscurity. The Horse very much resembles 

 tlne nations who are fond of glitter and hurry; 

 who are perpetually singing and dancing, and 

 extremely studious to set off their exterior, and 

 mix gaiety in all their actions. They are admir- 

 able in some distinguished and deci.sixc occa- 

 sions ; but their lire frequently degenerates into 

 romantic enthusiasm ; they fall into wild trans- 

 piit>; thc\ exhaust themselvts, and lose the most 

 arable conjunctures for want of management 

 a i id moderation. The Ass, on the conn 

 ambles those people who are naturally hi 



lie, \\lmse understanding and capacity arc li- 

 mited to husbandry or commerce, and who pro- 

 i in the .same track without discomposure, and 

 complete, with a positive air, whatever they have 

 once undertaken." 



The As, from his natural tardiness, and the 

 Kjrkwardncssof his appearance, has frcipicnih 

 cited the ridicule of inconsiderate spectators. It 

 is recorded that Crasttu, a Hman of some dis- 

 tinction, laughed but once in his lite, and that at 

 an Ass eating thistles; a circumstance in itself 

 by no means ridiculous, 'iherc is indeed a plant 



