Vulgar words in Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals (Page 1)
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Mr. Waterton further tells us, that a boy of ten or eleven years of age was bitten by a vampire, and a poor ass, belonging to the young gentleman's father, was dying by inches from the bites of the larger kinds, while most of his fowls were killed by the smaller bats.
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But it was too late; the horse was fagged, and bore a heavy man upon his back; the lion was fresh, furious with hunger, and came down upon him like a thunder-bolt.
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From the time, however, that the finer animals became common, asses seem to have fallen into disrepute; and we read that the greatest of all beings, when performing His Divine Mission upon earth, and was about to give himself up as a sacrifice for us, rode into Jerusalem upon an ass, thereby shewing his humility.
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Mr. Bell describes an ass which belonged to his grandfather, who was so swift, that matches were made against him by the possessors of the fastest asses which could be found; but he beat them all, and even followed the hounds, coming up in gallant style, at the death of the fox.
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Bishop Heber gives the following description of an ass which he saw in a paddock, near Bombay, and which portrays a different disposition.
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He says, "it was a noble wild ass from Cutch, as high as a well grown Galloway, a beautiful animal, admirably formed for fleetness and power, apparently very gentle and fond of horses, and by no means disliked by them; in which respect the asses of India differ from all others of which I have heard.
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The same fact has been told me of the wild ass in Rajpootana."
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Their bearing is most noble, they are the size of an ass, have black bands about the head, looking like a stall collar.
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Translated and dedicated to the Author by CHARLES BONER.
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Translated by CHARLES BONER.