himself with his heels, which frequently pro res 

 successful ; but should the pagi, njitwithstandiug 

 his efFoits, leap upon his backj he iininediately 

 throws himself oil the Jiroimd, and endeavours to 

 crush hiiHj or runs with all his force against the 

 trunks of trees^ holding his head down so as not 

 to dislocate his neck. Bj these means he gene- 

 rally succeeds in freeing himself from his as- 

 sailant, and there are but few asses destroyed by 

 an enemy so frequently fatal to much stronger 

 animals. 



Notwithstanding his ferocity, the pagi never 

 ventures to attack a man, although he is conti- 

 nuallj' hunted and persecuted by the latter. He 

 is naturally a coward, and a woman or child will 

 make him fly and abandon his prey. He is 

 hunted with dogs trained for the purpose, and 

 when hard pressed by them, either leaps upon a 

 tree, seeks an asyluin upon a rock, or, placing 

 himself against the trunk of some large \xt<d, de- 

 fends himsrif in a furious manner, killing many 

 of his eccmie?, until the hui'.ter, watching his 

 opportnni(y, slips a noose around his neck. As 

 soon as the animal iinds himself taken iu this 

 manner, he roars terribly, ar,d sheds a torrent of 

 tears. The skin serves fur various uses ; good 

 leather for boots or shoes is m-.tuufactured from 

 it, and the fat is considered as a specific i\\ the 

 sciatica. 



Of Ihj cloven- footed quadrupeds that feed 



