Crass I, Aa SS 
hair of the mane is of ufe in making wigs; of the 
tail in making the bottoms of chairs, floor-cloths, 
and cords ; and to the angler in making lines. 
Afinus, Raii fyn. quad. 63. Equus afinus. Liz. fy. 100. 
Gefn. quad. 5. Eq. caudex extremitate fetofa 
Klein. quad. 6. cruce nigra fuper humeros, 
De Buffon iv. 377. Faun. Suees 35, es 
Equus auriculis longis flaccidis, Br. Zool. 5. Syn. quad. No. 3; 
juba brevi. Briffox quad. 70. 
Brit. Afyn, fem. Afen Germ. Efel 
Fren. L’Ane, f. L’Aneffe Dat. Bezel 
Ttal. Afino, Miccio. f. Miccia Swed. Afna 
Span. Afno, Borrico. f. Borrica’ Dan. Afen, Efel. 
Port. Aino, Burro. f. Afna, Burra 
HIS animal, tho’ now fo.common in all parts 
of thefe iflands, was entirely loft among us 
during the reign of queen Elizabeth, Holling foed + 
informing us that in his time, “‘ our lande did yeelde 
no affes.” But we are not to fuppofe fo ufeful an 
animal was unknown in thefe kingdoms before 
that period; for mention is made of them fo early 
as the time of king + Ezhelred, above four hundred 
* Habitat in magnatum prediis rarius. Faun. Suec. 35. edit. 
1746. We imagine that fince that time the fpecies is there 
extinct, for Lixneus has quite omitted it in the laft edition of 
the Fauna Suecica. 
T 109. 
} When the price of a mule or young afs was 12s. Chron. 
preciofum, 51. 
years 
4” 
2. Ass. 
