18 TBE AFRICAN WILD ASS. 



the strildug difference in the longevity of the ass as com- 

 pared with that of the horse ; the latter rarely attains the 

 age of twenty-five years, whilst asses of thirty years are 

 not infrequent, and instances of mnch greater longevity 

 are on record ; thns, in the Graphic of Jnly 1, 1893, is 

 given a portrait of a donkey now living on which, it is 

 stated, the present Earl of Feversham nsed to ride fifty- 

 five years ago. 



