ASS. 429 



hairs beyond the tip about four inches : the height 

 about three feet nine inches. 



This species is supposed to have been found in 

 Syria, and some other regions, in the days of Aris- 

 totle ; and is mentioned by PHny, from the report 

 of Theophrastus, as being found in Cappadocia. 

 Its native name, among the MongaUans is Dschik- 

 ketai : among the Chinese, Yo-to-tse, 



ASS. 



Equus Aslnus. E, cauda cxtremitate setosa, cruce nigra supra 



humeros. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. loo. 

 Horse with blackish cross over the shoulders, and tail tipped 



with long hair. 

 Onager. FUn. 8. c. 44. and 58. Aldr. solid, p. 3^2. 

 Onagrus. Gesn. Quadr. p. 19. 



Asinus. Plin. 8. c. 43. Gesn. Qiiadr. p. 3. Aldr, solid, p. 295. 



Jonsf. Quadr, p. i6.pl. 6. 

 L' Ane. Buff. 4. jo. 3 7 7 . pi. 1 1 . 

 Ass. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 8. 



The Ass is an animal which, having been long 

 condemned to a state of the lowest servitude, and 

 considered as a species of less dignity than the 

 Horse, has acquired, in most parts of Europe, a 

 character of contempt. Yet in its natural or wild 

 state it exhibits an appearance very far superior 

 both in point of beauty and vivacity. It is a native 

 of many parts of Asia, living, like the rest of this 

 genus, in a gregarious manner. It chiefly occurs 

 in the dry and mountainous deserts of Tartary, and 

 in the southern parts of India and Persia. It is 



