ASS-* 
libidinous, that he has been known to drop 
down dead immediately after copulation ; and 
that the female is as strongly attached to her 
young as the male is to her, not being de- 
Euiterred, either by fire or water, from prote6t- 
ing her foal. The Ass is remarkably partial 
to it's owner, by whom it is too often abused : 
it scents him at a considerable distance ; 
distinguishes him from others in a crowd ; 
and seems to know the road he has passed, as 
well as the place he inhabits. When over- 
loaded, it shews the tyrant's injustice, by- 
hanging down it's head, and lowering it's 
ears ; and, on being too hard pressed, opens 
it's mouth, and draws back it's lips after a 
very disagreeable manner. If it's eyes are 
blinded, it immediately becomes motionless ; 
and, on being laid down, so that one eye is 
concealed in the grass, while the other is co- 
vered with a stone or any other article, it 
continues fixed in the same situation, without 
attempting to rise, or free itself from these 
slight impediments. It walks, trots, and gal- 
lops, like a horse ; but, though It sets ont very 
freely, it is soon weary, and no c< rporeal 
infiiclioas are then capable of making it ciend 
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