THE DONKBT. 



Btill an inhabitant of the thirsty desert,, airoiding, if possible, 

 plashing^ his diey howiy body in the wayside gutter, and never 

 so happy as when on a sultry summer-day he can fling him- 

 self down on the hot dusty road, and leisurely rasp the length 

 and breadth of his callous-hided c&rcase amongst the sandy 



