CHAP. XIV.] 
OF THE INVADERS. 
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clung that lay beneath the animals; a great fight and 
tussle took place for the possession of this valuable 
medicine, in the midst of which the donkey lifted up 
his voice and brayed so lustily that the crowd rushed 
away with more eagerness than they had exhibited on 
arriving, alarmed at the savage voice of the unknown 
animal. It appeared that the dung of the donkey 
rubbed upon the skin was supposed to be a cure for 
rheumatism, and that this rare specific was brought 
from a distant country in the East where such animals 
existed. 
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