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donkey many years ago by a remarkably 

 pig-headed and hard-mouthed specimen which 

 was my property as a small boy. Given 

 to me as a foal, he ran loose on uncom- 

 monly good keep for a donkey till he was 

 four or five years old, by which time he 

 pretty well defied the whole strength of 

 the establishment to break him. He was 

 not a particularly big donkey, though larger 

 than a Shetland pony which I had at the 

 same time, and enormously strong. He 

 taught us all to ride, and in so doing was 

 said to have imprinted an indelible mark 

 upon every juvenile member of the family. 

 But I remember Avell how once Avlien I 

 had driven this donkey to the hayfield, it 

 was desired to move a loaded waggon while 

 the horses were gone with another load. 

 The donkey was attached by chain traces 

 to the end of the shafts, which were held 

 up by two men. Away went the waggon, 

 as though drawn by a team of Suffolks, till 



