Class I. ASS. 1* 



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 lines. 



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

 Gesn. quad. 5. Eq. caudcs extremitate setosa 



Klein, quad. 6. cruce nigra super humeros. 



De Buffon torn. iv. 3/7, Faun. Suec. 35.* 



tab. 1 1—13. Br. Zool. 5. Hist. quad. I. 8. 



Equus auriculis longis flaecklis, 



juba brevi. Brisson quad. 7Q, 



Brit. Asyn, fcem. Asert Germ. Esel 



Fren. L'Ane,.y. L'Anesse Hut. Eezel 



Ital. Asino, Miccio./. Miccia Sioed Asna 



Span. Asno, Borrico./. Borrica Dan. Asen, Esel. 

 Port. Asno, Burro .,/.Asna,Burra 



_L HIS animal, though now so common in all 

 parts of these islands, was entirely lost among 

 us during the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; Holling- 

 shed\ informing us that in his time, u our lande 

 did yeelde no asses.'" But we are not to sup- 



* Habitat in magnatum pradiis 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 Stcecica. 



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