Class I. ASS. ^ 



the horse can be applied to, is for collars, 

 traces, and other parts of the harness ; and thus, 

 even after death, he preserves some analogy 

 with his former employ. The hair of the mane 

 is of use in making wigs ; of the tail in making 

 the bottoms of chairs, floor-cloths, and cords, 

 and to the angler in making liaes. : ., 



Asinus. Raii syn. quad. 63. Equus asinus. Gm. Lin. 211. 2. Asg- 

 Gesn. quad. 5. ' Eq. caudse extremitate setosa 



Klein, quad. 6. cruce nigra super humeros. 



De Buffon torn. iv. 377» Faun. Siiec. 36.* 



tah. 11—13. Br. Zool. 5. Hist, quad. I. 8. 



Equus auriculis longis flaccidis, 



juba brevi. Brisson quad. 70. 



JBnV. Asyn^yir^M. Asen Germ. Esel ' '"' ' ■,"•'' '■■■'■■■ 



J^/-e7J.L'Ane,y. L'Anesse Dut. Eezel <,-i£,:. .. , - 



Ital. Asino, Miccio.y. Miccia Siced Asna 



(Span. Asno, Borrico.y. Borrica Dan. Asen, Esel, 

 Por/. AsnOjBurro.y. Asna3"rra 



X HIS animal, though now so common in all . -^ 



parts of these islands, was entirely lost among 

 us during the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; Holling- 

 sked'\ informing us that in his time, " our lancle 

 did yeelde ?io asses.'' But we are not to sup- 



* Halitat In magnatum pTcediis rarius. Faun. Suec. 35. edit. 

 1746. We imagine that since that time the species is there ex- 

 tinct, for Linnceus has quite omitted it in the last edition of the 

 Fauna Suecica, 



t 109. . - . .^ . ; 



