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years preceding; and again in the reign of * Henry 
Hilf. fo that it muft have been owing to fome acci- 
dent, that the race was extin& during the days of 
Elizabeth. We are not certain of the time it was 
again introduced ; probably in the fucceeding reign, 
when our intercourfe with Spain was renewed; in 
which country this animal was greatly ufed, and 
where the fpecies is in great perfection. 
The afs is originally a native of Arabia, and 
other parts of the Eaff: a warm climate produces 
the largeft and the beft, their fize and fpirit de- 
clining in proportion as they advance into colder 
regions. ‘ With difficulty,” fays Mr. Adanfon, 
fpeaking of the affes of Senegal, ‘* did I know this 
“« animal, fo different did it appear from thofe of 
“© Europe: the hair was fine, and of a bright moufe 
“color, and the black lift that croffes the back 
‘* and fhoulders had a good effect. Thefe were the 
“‘ affes brought by the Moors from the interior 
“‘ parts of the country +.” The migration of thefe 
beafts has been very flow ; we fee how recent their 
return is in Great Britain: in Sweden they are even 
at prefent a fort of rarity, nor does it appear by the 
laft hiftory of Norway t, that they had yet reached 
that country. They are at prefent naturalized in 
* In 1217, when the Camerarius of St. Alban’s lott two aff- 
es, &c. Chr. pr. 60. 
+ Voy. Senegal. 212. 
t Pontoppidan’s Nat. Hiftory of Norzway. 
this 
