no C^s or i or, 
timss he will move his ears, which with him is a 
fign that he knoweth what you fay ; Bodintts rela- 
teth a ftory oi an Afs that was fo tame and gentle, 
that being commanded to go into the Theatre , 
he would find out the handfomeft woman there,and 
when the Adors were commanded to fetch hini 
fome barley* he would by his gefiures exprefs fome- 
thingof joy at the hearing of it; if any one had 
fpoken to him, he would make fome fign that he 
underllood what he faid ; from whence he inferreth 
that no Creature is fo dull and fenflefs, but may be 
brought to underlland fomething, thus far Bodluu^i 
Some have not fcrupled to fay that what the 
is made to underlfand, is done rather by Ma^ick.f 
than by -^rr, which I think the likelier of the 
two- 
4- There is no Creature fo fruitful as this is , 
for fhe is with young, when (he is but young her 
felf, and fo continueth ftill to have Colts, untiil 
ihe is thirty years old. 
5- When fhe is bringing forth, it is alwaye; in 
fome dark place, where no one can fee her; be- 
fore he copulateth, he doth with a loud voyce call 
the Female, continually braying until fhecometh ; 
and as Naz,ianz,e» very well obfefveth, &n ^fs 
will bray although loaden with gold, the flefh of 
is allegorically compared in Scripture to the 
groffeft kind of Idolatry, which the Jervs wereal- 
wayes very much inclined unto, Ez>ek_. i&. 
6 . The ^fs will alwayes drink in the fame place, 
if he can go dry to it, for he will not go through 
