Vulgar words in Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests (Page 1)
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It is fond of perching on the back of a horse or an ass, and searching for insects which it finds there in abundance.
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On Palm Sunday, an image of the Saviour seated on an ass is paraded about the principal streets of the town or village.
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The ass is looked upon as something almost sacred, and is never named by any other appellation than the _Burro de Nuestro Señor_ (our Lord's ass).
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When I was proceeding through one of these cavities on Christmas-eve, 1840, I encountered a heavily laden ass coming down a steep declivity.