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See Jackass .

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It would seem as if the poet confused the Laughing Jackass with the Mopoke , q.v.]

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and Jackass-fish , and in New Zealand by the Maori name of Tarakihi .

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In New Zealand, the species are--Laughing Jackass, or L. Owl, Sceloglaux albifacies , Kaup (Maori name, Whekau , q.v.

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the scientific name of the genus containing the New Zealand bird called the Laughing Owl (see under Jackass ).

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another name for the bird called the Laughing-Jackass .

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See Jackass .

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Maori name for the bird Sceloglaux albifacies , Gray, a New Zealand owl, which is there called the Laughing-Jackass .

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See Jackass .

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He was nearly as large as a jackass, and had something of the appearance of one, but a pair of stout horns, twelve inches in length, and very sharp-pointed, showed that he was a cloven-hoofed animal.

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Along the back of the neck he was maned like a jackass, and the neck itself was thick with rather a large head to it.

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While sitting on the ledge, and not saying a word, he heard a sound that resembled the snort of a jackass, just as one commences to bray.

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We have all seen a man making a jackass of himself in the pulpit, at the bar, or in our legislative halls, when he might have shone as a general in our Mexican war, captain of a canal boat, or as a tailor on his bench.

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In the old days of the colonies when the property qualification was five pounds--that being just the price of a jackass--Benjamin Franklin facetiously asked, "If a man must own a jackass in order to vote, who does the voting, the man or the jackass?"

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I count I could bray like a jackass an' I tried, and that were good enough for any strange-born companion as ever cumbered the soil of merry England."

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The Municipal Ownership of Children 108 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The Cheshire Cat 5 The March Hare 6 "'Listen here'" 7 The municipal chewery 11 The municipal toothery 13 "Handing her a card" 17 "'Put that fellow off'" 20 "Requested the Hatter to crack a filbert for him" 24 "'Banged into the car ahead'" 27 The Chief Engineer 30 "'It came to me like a flash'" 31 "'Studying the economic theories of Dr. Wack'" 45 "The White Knight interfered" 48 "'In the matter of perfume it was fine'" 50 "'Nobody could be gas-fixturated'" 51 "Wrote on the side of a convenient gas tank" 57 "'I'm the soundest sleeper in town'" 59 "'Tea is served on every corner'" 64 "'We respond immediately to the call'" 67 "Made off with the agility of an antelope" 69 "'You can talk all you please'" 73 "'Fined five dollars'" 84 "'The dictionary we are compiling'" 85 "Alice transfixed at the phone" 86 "'The biggest jackass from Dan to Beersheba'" 87 "'Larger measure than was the custom'" 94 "Greeted by the Commissioner, the Haberdasher" 99 "'It runs this way, your honour'" 100 "'Our thinking department'" 102 "'When they think nobody's looking'" 116 "'If you get into trouble, use this'" 119 "Seizing her by the arm" 122 "'Why--have I--I really fallen?'"

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[Illustration: "THE BIGGEST JACKASS FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA"] "As for that old fool of a Hatter," she was saying, "he is the biggest jackass from Dan to Beersheba."

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"It's no wolf, I tell you," answered P----, rather louder than he had spoken at first; "it's too big--why, damn it!" and he again stooped down, moving his body from side to side, as he looked between the pines that obstructed his view; and placing his left hand over his eyes, used it as a kind of shade,--"surely--yes;--I'm sure--it's a jackass!"

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My marster had sheep, goats, mules, horses, stallion, jackass, cows and hogs, and then he had a gin, tan yard, spinnin' rooms, weave room, blacksmith shop and shoe shop.

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She said I was a finicky old jackass."

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"I wonder where that jackass has gone for a doctor?" exclaimed the baronet after a while.

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"You young jackass," said Davis.

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And I'm goin' to do it, too, if you don't hold your jackass jaw and go on."

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It was two good-sized milk-cans that he had, and they bounced about on the little burro's pack, giving him as much amazement as a jackass can feel.

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"Fudge!" returned the old man, getting really excited; "a jackass of a fellow as ain't fit to hold a candle to our Archie?

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"Say, you long-eared jackasses," he exploded.

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"But she's a fool about that jackass."

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He didn't know which he found more unattractive--Gobi's atrophied third leg, strapped tightly to the inside of his left thigh and calf, or Australia's jackass ears.

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Finally, the American having been satisfied with a reference to "subjects which have absorbed the most glorious understandings," the Cockney puts him to shame at once by discoursing about "subjects which have _occupied and_ absorbed the most glorious _of human_ understandings"--as if one could be absorbed, without being occupied, by a subject--as if "_of_" were here any thing more than two superfluous letters--and as if there were any chance of the reader's supposing that the understandings in question were the understandings of frogs, or jackasses, or Johnny Bulls.

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"Come, Clive," said David, "let Frank and Bob enjoy their jackasses.

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In the plaza of the Porte before mentioned was a multifarious assemblage: the barrack for a captain's guard, with the arms of the guard piled in front of it, formed one side, and the others were bounded by the quay or different buildings; a detachment of idlers were sunning themselves, and engaged in relieving each other from certain troublesome companions, that _invariably_ infest the clothes and hair of all Spaniards and Russians, from the king to the beggar; jackasses, boys, and dogs occupied the rest of the square, and were differently engaged.

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The military guard fell into their ranks at the tap of the drum, the idlers and boys took up a strong position in one corner, the jackasses were cudgelled into a retreat, while the dogs, like the pigs in New York, being free of the city, provided for themselves.

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The party whom we have left smoking on the wharf, consisted of the military commandant, or governor, of St. Blas, Don Gaspar de Luna, Don Diego Pinto, the commander of a guarda-costa of eighteen guns, that lay in the offing, and which, to the most unpractised eye, bore about the same resemblance to an English or American man of war of the same class, as an old, worn-out jackass does to a handsome, high spirited, well groomed race-horse.

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So he managed to hold them, as jackasses are held,--by the ears,--till he saw his companion and the young lady come into the steerage, when he broke off somewhat abruptly, in the middle of a very tough yarn, leaving the gentlemen of the sword to guess at the catastrophe.

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a rat a-piece, or the hind leg of a jackass among the four of you?"

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"Ay," said another, "and Sundays they had a jackass's head stewed in a lantern, and stuffed with sogers' coats."

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It was the first vessel they had seen since they had set up the piratical business on their own account and risk, except an English "jackass frigate," that chased them at the rate of one mile to the schooner's five.

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LITTLE GAMES WHAT WE FOUND IN OUR STOVE THE JOHN AND LINCOLN FLEET THE YACHT STARLIGHT THE NEW PARASOL THE MAN WHO WAS SHAKEN BY A LION THE LAUGHING JACKASS THE TRICK THEY PLAYED ON JOCKO SOME OTHER THINGS BOBBY SAW AT SEA THE MOSQUITO THE LAUGHING GIRL ANNIE'S DUCKS VICK IN TROUBLE IN GRANDMA'S ATTIC LITTLE GIRL GRACIE A MAGPIE AND HER NEST AT THE BEACH FARMER GRAY AND HIS APPLES AH KEE DICK AND GRAY THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS FIRST REWARD OF MERIT FOUR LITTLE MICE FINNETTE ABOUT THE DEER EVERYBODY'S DOG A BIRD'S NEST A RAINY DAY THE STORY OF A CANE MISS LOLLIPOP'S FANCIES TOMMY'S TEMPTATION A BEAR STORY ANNA'S BIRTHDAY GIFT RALPH AND THE BUTTERFLIES A POEM TOM'S LETTER JANEY'S PRESENT GOOD OLD ROSE AUNT PATTY'S PETS TOMMY AND THE GANDER A NIGHT VISITOR THE NIGHT MONKEY BABY'S NAP HURRAH!

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THE LAUGHING JACKASS.

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[Illustration: LAUGHING JACKASSES.]

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The laughing jackass is a very sociable bird.

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[Illustration: HE LISTENS TO THE CRY OF THE LAUGHING JACKASS.]

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The laughing jackass is not a bit afraid of them.

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He is listening to the cry of the laughing jackass.

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HOW THE DAYS WENT AT SEA-GULL BEACH--Estelle amended to Estella--"We put the pole through the handle and Estella and myself took hold ..." DINGFORD'S BABY--Hettie amended to Hetty--"That little brother of Hetty Dingford was the funniest baby on the coast; ..." The following amendments have also been made: THE LAUGHING JACKASS--rellishes amended to relishes--"He relishes lizards very much, and there are plenty ..." THE LAUGHING JACKASS--rotton amended to rotten--"She lays here egss on the rotten wood at the bottom of the hole."

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It is agreeably and skilfully done-that dead jackass; like M. de Soubise's cook, on the campaign, Sterne dresses it, and serves it up quite tender and with a very piquante sauce.

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Tinkleby and his comrades were designated a set of rowdy jackasses; and they replied to the compliment by declaring that a fraternity of live donkeys was better than a collection of stuffed owls, and advising Heningson to patent his discourse as an infallible cure for insomnia.

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A SON of Erin, while hunting for rabbits, came across a jackass in the woods, and shot him.

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He called me a jackass, in fact.

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'Doctah Seveeah,' says I, 'don't you call me a jackass ag'in!'

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But when Don Quixote saw the three peasant girls approach, he said he could see nothing but three jackasses and three girls.

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You've hit a gait you can't travel, an' don't amount to a decent, full-sized jackass.

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"You shall take my price, or----" "Keep calm, you blundering jackass!" the blind man rasped between his clenched teeth.

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Even what he calls his science turns finally out with him to be but the accepted ignorance of to-day; an' he puts in every to-morrow of his existence provin' what a onbounded jackass rabbit he's been the day before.

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"And I'll get it, but not until after those jackasses end their damned talking."

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"That jackass I shot could probably have told us all about it.

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He had no signs of famine about him, and he lay beside what was left of a jackass-rabbit, which he had managed to add to his stock of plunder.

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There is a low, scrubby growth of wood on the table-lands and mountain sides, which is converted by the peons into charcoal and transported on the backs of the burros (jackasses) long distances for economical use in the cities and villages.

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It was not until the eighteenth century that the jackass was introduced; cattle, sheep, horses, and hogs long preceded them.

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These little animals are called jack-rabbits because their tall, straight ears resemble those of the burros or jackasses.

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We expressed surprise to an intelligent citizen at seeing long lines of burros laden with freight beside the railroad, and going in the same direction, remarking to him that the railway ought to be able to compete with the jackasses.

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Jackass!

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[Colloq., Australia] JACKASS Jack"ass', n. Etym: [2d jack + ass.]

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Jackass bark (Naut.

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-- Jackass deer (Zoöl.

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-- Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit (Zoöl.).

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See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n. -- Jackass penguin (Zoöl.

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-- Laughing jackass.

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See Laughing jackass, under Laughing.

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-- Laughing jackass (Zoöl.

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See King penguin, under Jackass.

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The king penguins (Aptenodytes Patachonica, and A. longirostris) are the largest; the jackass penguins (Spheniscus) and the rock hoppers (Catarractes) congregate in large numbers at their breeding grounds.

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I was able, however, to enjoy the lovely distant view from the verandah, as well as the closer view of the rocky sandstone cliffs and fern-clad gullies; and I could hear the mocking note of the rarely seen lyre-bird, the curious cachinnation of the laughing jackass, and the occasional distant note of the bell-bird.

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and Mrs., 315, 323 Botanical Gardens, Ceylon, 10; Sydney, 323 'Bottle-brush,' the, 276 _Bougainvillea_, the, 350, 365 Boughton Islands, 342 'Bounty,' mutiny of the, 395 Bowen, 369 Boynton, Sir H., quoted, 161 Brassey, Lady, death of, xx, 427, 457 Brassey, Lord, speeches of, 466-478 Bray, Mr., 270, 314 Breadfruit, 373 'Break-of-day' birds, 242 Bridge, Captain, 372 Bridge, Mr. (chaplain), 14 Brisbane, 342 Brisbane Sailing Club, 347 British African Company, 440 British North Borneo Company, 143, 168, 190 British settlements on West coast of Africa, 440 Broken-hill silver-mine, 273 'Bromo' (gunboat), 212 Brooke, Rajah, 145 Brown, Mr. Harvie, quoted, 6 Bruit river, 153 Brunei, 160, 162 Brunei river, 159, 160 Brunei, Sultan of, 160, 165 Byculla Club ball, 68 Byculla races, 70 Byham's monument, 38 _Bylus_, 125 Buckboard, a, 280 Buck-hunting, 39-41 Buck-jumpers, 281 Bundey, Mr. Justice, 267, 270 Burmese costumes, 121 Burmese bells, 128 Burnand, Mr., 274 Bush flowers, 253 Bush hotel, a, 241 Cabbage-palms, 383 Cairns Harbour, 388 Caladium-leaf umbrellas, 105 _Calamus_, 205 Calicut, 93 Callaghan, Mr., 183, 185, 188 _Callocalia_, 157 Campbell, Sir Colin, 31 Cannon, Mr., 26 Canoes, 415 Cape Bustard, 347 Cape Byron, 342 Cape Colony, 435 Cape de Verdes, 443 Cape Direction, 395 Cape Flinders, 262 Cape Hawke, 342 Cape Rachada, 141 Cape Town, 432, 433 Cape Tribulation, 390 Cape Yorke, 404 Cape wine-trade, 431 Cardamoms, 94 Cardwell, 380 Carey, Colonel, 106 Carrington, Lord and Lady, 310, 311, 314, 324 Carwar, 91 Cattle-camp, a, 363 Cattle-rearing, 334, 340, 362, 400, 428 Cattle, wild, 171 Caulfield races, 296 Caves, bird's-nest, 177, 189-197 Caves, Moulmein, 134 Cawnpore, 30-32 Ceylon, 97 Celebes, the, 203 Challenger Bay, 372 Chapman, Colonel, 17 Charts, 399 Cheetahs, 39-41 Chinamen in British colonies, 339, 384, 394, 405, 428, 430 Chinese Commissioners in New South Wales, 317, 336, 339 Chlorination of gold ore, 356 Chronometers, 227 Church Missionary Society, 440 Clarence Strait, 427 Clarke, Sir W., 298 Coach-travelling in the colonies, 337, 344, 345, 361 Coaches, antique, 337 Coal, 220 Coaling-stations, 438, 440, 443 Coal-mines, 329 Cochin, 94 Cockatoos, 253 Cockburn, 273 Cochrane, Sir Thomas, 159 Cocoa-nut Island, 413, 421 Cocoa-nuts, 111, 415, 417 Cocos, the, 116 Coffee-cultivation in Ceylon, 101 Coffee leaf-fungus, 101 Coffins in caves, 197 Colliery, a, in New South Wales, 328 Collisions at sea, 388 Colombo, 97, 98 Coloured races, capabilities of, 440 Connaught, Duke and Duchess of, 54, 62, 68, 70 Constantia, 433 Convicts, escaped, 407 Coode, Sir John, 433 Cook, Captain, 395 Cooktown, 392 Coral, 401 Coral reefs, 396, 399 Cordery, Mr., 34, 50 Cornish miners in Australia, 285 Cornwall, Miss, 283, 284, 288 Corrugated-iron buildings, 405 Cowie, Mr. and Mrs., 167 Cranes, 377 Crawford, Mr., 52, 77 Creek Meat Canning Factory, 366 Crocker, Mr., 143, 176, 183, 185, 188, 195, 206 Crocodiles, 113, 172 Crossing the line, ceremony of, 215, 216 Crossthwaite, Mrs., 121, 129 Cubadjee (Australian aboriginal), 276 Cumberland Isles, 367, 368 Da Carvalho, Captain, 83 Da Fonseca, quoted, 85 Daintree river, 390 Dairy farms, 256 Dalhousie, Lord, 2 Dances, Dyak, 181 Darling Downs, the, 340 Darling river, 333 Darnley Island, 413, 414 Darvel Bay, 186, 203 Dashtar, Mr., 10 Davenport, Sir Samuel, 269 Davies, Mr., 170-172 Day, Major and Mrs., 151 Deakin, Mr., 292 De Burgh Persse, Mr. and Mrs., 344 De Castella, Mr., 300 Delhi, 26 Des Graz, Mr., 50, 92, 240, 298, 374 Dewani Khas, Jeypore, 26 De Winton, Sir Francis, 442 Dholepore, 30 Diamond-fields, 437 Diamond-trade, 431 Dillon, General, 18 Divers, 410, 424 Dodd, Captain, 134 Dogs, regulations concerning, in Australia, 231, 332, 354 Doldrums, the, 379 Domestic life at Brunei, 168 Donaldson, Mr. H.D., 81 Dowling Forest, 283 Drum, a native, 402 Dundas, Miss, 289 Dungeness, 374 Dusuns, the, 181 Dutch colonists, 210, 434 Dyaks, 148, 151, 152, 156, 160, 181 Earrings, 167 Eclipse of the moon, 364 Edible bird's-nests, 94, 138, 189-197 Elder, Sir Thomas, 276 Eleopura, 175 Elephants, 45, 111, 113, 130, 131, 134 Elliott Island, 347 Ellora, 32, 33 Elsmie, Mr., 21 Emerald, 359 Endeavour river, 359 Erskine, Mr., 12 Eucalypti, 234, 276, 344 Eucalyptus oil, 393 Everett, Mr., 155 Evening at sea, 93 'Everlasting' flowers, 250 Exercise, 256 Exploration in South Australia, 270 Fairfax, Mrs., 289, 323 Falconberg, 321 Falkland Islands, 387 Falls of Gairsoppa, 91 Fanshawe, Captain, 132 Faraday, Professor, quoted, 148 Fayal, 443-445 Fences, Australian, 297 Ferguson, Mr., cited, 51 Fern-gullies, 302, 305, 321 Fern Island, 399 Ferns, 365 Fernshaw, 301, 303 Fire-making by air-compressing tubes, 148 Fitzgerald, Mr., 395 Fitzroy river, 367 Fleming, Mr., 430 Flinders Channel, 421 Flint, Mr., 176, 178, 180, 185 Floating islands, 154, 208 Flowers, 253, 365 Fly Point, 400 Fly River, 418-420 Flying-fox Gully, 319 Fraser Island, 347 Funeral of a Phoongyee, 124 Funeral procession at Colombo, 98 Furdonji Jamsetjee, Mr., 42 Futtehpore Sikri, 29 Galle, 107 Ganesh Khind, 52 Gardner, Mr., 326, 332 Gascoigne, Captain, 315, 317 Gautama, 127 Geelong, 286 Geelong, Mayor of, 286 German industry, 345 Gilchrist, Major, 34, 72 Glenelg, 263, 265 Gloucester Island, 369 Goa, 81-97 Gold-fields, 188, 246, 277, 282-285, 352, 392, 393, 436 Golkonda, 35 Gomanton bird's-nest caves, 177 Goode Island, 405, 411 Gordon, Captain, 58 _Gordonia rubra_, 213 Gray, quoted, 258, 259 Great Barrier Reef, 368, 396 Great Coco, 116 Griffin, Sir Lepel, 71 Griffith, Sir Samuel, 344 Guicowar of Baroda, the, 69 Guilfoyle, Mr., 305 Gum, 170 Gum-trees, 234 Gundy sugar-plantation, 382 Gutta-percha, 156 Gwalior, 30 Halifax sugar-plantation, 376 Hall, Mr., 407, 424 Hall, Mr. Wesley, 352, 353 Hamilton, Captain, 57, 68, 70, 72 Hamilton, Lieutenant, 155 Hammill, Captain, 316, 317 Hannay, Major and Mrs., 53 Hannibal Islands, 399 'Harrier' (gunboat), 391, 392 Hassall, Mr., 246 Hats, women's, at Brunei, 160 Hatton, Frank, 182 Hawkesbury river, 475 Hay, Mrs., 276 Head-flatteners, 148 Head-hunters, 160, 192, 193 Healesville, 301, 304 _Hemileia vastatrix_, 101 Herbert, Mr., 72 Herbert river, 374 Herberton river, 388 'Hercules,' H.M.S., 2 Hinchinbrook Island, 378, 380 Hindoo ladies, 68 Hindoo wedding, 43 Hixson, Captain, 322 Hobson's Bay, 286 Hodgkinson, Mr., 129, 130, 132 Hoffmeister, Dr., 51, 182, 322 Hofmeyr, Mr., 436 Holdfast Bay Yacht Club, 263 _Holothuria_, 397 Home Islands, 399 Honey, Commodore, 267 Horse-dealers, Arabian, 70 Horse-fair at Shikarpur, 5, 13 Horses, 334 Horses in coal-mines, 330 Horta, 443, 444, 446 Hot springs at Kanniya, 109, 111 Houses in Borneo, 170 Hübner, Baron, quoted, 432, 436 Hunt, a, in Australia, 275 Hunt, Mr. and Mrs., 412, 414, 415, 419, 420 Hunting with cheetahs, 39-41 Hyderabad, 43-50 Ice-making, 210 Iguanas, 242 Illuminations at Bombay, 63 Immigrants in New South Wales, 338 Imperial Federation League, 285, 299, 471 Inglis, Mr., 314 Inquisition stake, Goa, 89 _Ipomoea_, 377 Irrawaddy river, 119 Jain temples, at Agra and Gwalior, 29, 30 Jamestown, St. Helena, 437 Jamrud Fort, 17, 18 Jardine, Mr., 400, 401, 408 Javanese workpeople in Queensland, 385 'Jenny Jenkins' (monkey), 259 Jessop, Mr., 269 Jewels, 64 Jeypore, 27, 28 Jinjeera, 73, 74 'Jinkas,' 238, 239 Jinrikishas, 104, 105 Johnstone river, 382, 387 Johore, Sultan of, 141, 143, 165 Jubbulpore, 33 Jubilee celebrations in India, 50, 54, 58, 70; at Melbourne, 294 Jumping fish, 110 'Jumna,' H.M.S., 118 Jungle in Queensland, 383 Jungle-cock, 110 Kaffirs, 437 Kanakas, 376, 416, 419 Kandy, 99, 104 Kangaroo Island, 262 Kangaroos, 245, 248, 253, 255, 361 Kanniya, hot springs at, 109, 111 Kapuan timber-station, 178 Keating, Mrs., 70 Keith, Captain, 30 Kendenup, 240, 245, 247 Keppel Bay, 347 Keppel, Sir Harry, 159, 167 Kernford, Mr. Justice, 293 Kettles, whistling, 167 Khassia, 73 Khurseed Jah, 47 Khyber Pass, 17 'Kilwa,' the, 132, 133 Kimberley, 431 Kina Balu, 168, 172 King, Mr., 332 King George Sound, 230 King Jack, 415, 417 Koordal, a reserve for Australian aboriginals, 300 Koti river, 208 Kruger, President, 435 Kuching, 145 Kuching river, navigation in, by direction-posts, 146 Kudat, 169 Kurrachee, 10 Kusti (Parsee cord), 59 Kutab Minar, the, 23, 24, 26 Kylies, or boomerangs, 248, 252 Labuan, 155 'Lady Brassey' nugget, the, 285 Lahore, 15, 16, 20 Laidby, Mr. and Mrs., 341, 342 Lamb, Dr., 170, 172 Lampton, 328 Largs Bay, 266 Laughing jackass, 321 Laurence, Maude, 14, 54, 72 Layard, Sir C.P., quoted, 100 Leaf-fungus, coffee, 101 Lee, the gatherer of bêche-de-mer, 397, 398 Leeches, 205 Levinge, Mr., 381, 386 Leys, Dr. and Mrs., 156 Life at sea, 92 'Liguria' (steamship), 224 Lilies, 350, 366, 377, 438 Lindsay, Mr. David, 270, 276 Liquid gold, 355 Little, Mr., 172 Little Coco, 116 Liveries in Ceylon, 102, 103 Lizard Island, 394 Loch, Sir Henry and Lady, 289, 292-294, 298 Loftie, Mr. and Mrs., 231, 232 Log of 'Sunbeam,' abstract of-- Portsmouth to Bombay, 448, 449; Bombay to Kurrachee, Rangoon, Borneo, and Macassar, 450-452; Macassar to Adelaide, South Australia, 453; Adelaide to Melbourne, Sydney, and Port Darwin, 454-456; Port Darwin to Mauritius and Cape of Good Hope, 457, 458; Cape of Good Hope to Portsmouth, 458-460; summary, 461 _Logodium scandens_, 373 Lombok, 217 Longwood, St. Helena, 438 Lotus tank, Colombo, 98 Low Islands, 390 Loyal cockatoos, 254 Lucknow, 31 _Lycopodium_, 373 Lyre-bird, 321 Lyttelton, Colonel, 12 Macalister Range, 389 Macassar, 210, 211 Macdonald, Dr. and Mrs., 350, 364 Maclean, Mr., 106 McLean, Mr., 50, 66 MacNabb, Mr., 300 Madai bird's-nest caves, Darvel Bay, 183, 189-197 Magnetic Island, 370 Maharajah of Patiala, 22 Mahommedan ladies, 68 Malabar Point, 57, 61, 68, 71 _Malades imaginaires_, 96 Malaria, 428 Malin, Mr. S., 267 Manchester regiment at Agra, 29 Mandovi river, 82 Mangalore, 92 Maradu Bay, 170 Marble Rocks, Nerbudda river, 31, 33 Marburg, 344 Marine phenomenon, a, 218 Marshall, Colonel, 49, 50 Mason-bees, 150 Mauritius, 428 Maxwell, Mr., 147, 150 Mayhew, Colonel, 12 Meat Canning Factory, a, 366 Medusæ, 118, 258 Meerut, 26 Mehdi Ali's wife, 67 Melbourne, 287 Meldrum, Dr., 430 Memorial Gardens, Cawnpore, 30 Message-sticks, 253 Midas Mine, Ballarat, 283 Middleton, Captain, 106 Milanos, the, 148 Milking cows, method of, 334 Millar, Mr., 271 Millett, Mr., 113 Milman, Mr. and Mrs., 407, 411-413, 417, 422, 424 Mines, curious names of, 351 Mir Alam tank, 46 Mirs falconer, the, 5 Mitchell, Mr., 21 Mohamed Hyat Khan, 14 Monkeys, 52 Montefiore, Mr., 314 Mooltan, 14 Moore, Captain, 70 Moran, Cardinal, 312 Moreton Island, 343 Morley, Mr. Arnold, 2 Moscos Group, the, 138 Mosque of Ibrahim Rozah, 51 Mosquitoes, 393 Moulmein, 133 Mount Cook, 392 Mount Gambier, 289, 290 Mount Morgan, 350-358 Mount Morgan Gold-Mining Company, 356 Mount Warning, 342 Mountain of gold, a, 353 Mourillyan sugar-plantation, 380-383 'Mr. Short' (terrier), 259 'Mrs. Sharp' (terrier), 259 Muara coal-mines, Brunei, 167 Mulgrave river, 387 Muriel as 'Little Buttercup,' 137 Murray, Captain, 231 Murray Island, 414, 419 Murray river, 278 Museum at Kuching, 148 Musgrave, Lady, 346 'Myrmidon,' H.M.S., 370 Myrtle Gully, 303 Nash, Major, 113, 115 Nash, Mr., 386 National Aid Society, 3 Native States and army of India, 24, 25 _Nats_, 125 Nautical entertainments, 137, 221, 261 Nautilidæ, 118 Naval Brigade, 322 Naval Volunteers, 314, 350, 359 Nawab of Jinjeera and his wife, 74-76 'Nelson,' H.M.S., 323 Nepean river, 318 _Nepenthes_, 176 New Caledonia convicts, 407 Newcastle, 325 Newcastle Colliery Company, 329 New Guinea, 418-420 New South Wales Light Horse, 336 Nicholson, General, 14 Night Island, 395 Ninepin Rock, 413, 421 Nizam of Hyderabad, 46 Nobby Head, 328 Normanby Sound, 405 Northumberland Islands, 368 Observatory, the, Mauritius, 429 Occupation at sea, 92 Octopus, 255 Oliver, Mr. Norman, 81, 91 Ootacamund, 94 'Opal,' H.M.S., 323 Opal-mines, 360, 411 Ophthalmia in Australia, 365 Opossums, 245 Orang-outangs, 170 Orchids, 136 Orford Ness, 399 Ostrich-feather trade, 431 Owen, Brigadier-General, 271 Paddy-fields, 100 Pagodas, 122, 123 Palace of the Viceroys, Goa, 85 Palmer, General, 31 Palmer river gold-diggings, 392 Palmerston, 427 Palm Island, 372 Palm oil, 441 Palms, 208, 365, 383 'Paluma,' H.M.S., 369, 370 _Pancratiums_, 373, 377 Pangaum, 90 Pangeran Bandahara, 165 Pangeran di Gadong, 165 Pangin, or New Goa, 83, 90 Panthers, 113 Papuans, 420 Paramatta, 317 Parel, 62 Parker, Captain, 11 Parkes, Sir Henry, 315, 317 Parrots, 369 Parsee ladies, 58, 68 Patiala, 21, 22, 24, 25 Pearl-divers, 424 Pearl Mosque, Delhi, 26 Pearl-oyster window-panes, 86 Pearl-shell dishes, 166 Pearl-shells, 157, 204, 404, 422 Pearls, 207 Pedley, Dr. and Mrs., 132 Pemberton, Mr. and Mrs., 170, 214, 221, 240 Penal laws in Darnley Island, 417 P. and O. steamers, 4, 5 Pennefather, Mr., 378, 379 Pension list in Labuan, 158 Pepper terraces, Brunei, 167 Percy Isles, 368 Peshawur, 16 Peter Botte Mountain, 390, 428 _Phlox Drummondii_, 365 Phoongyees, funeral rites of, 124 Photography at sea, 259 Picture-cleaning at Goa, 86 Pigs, wild, 206, 334, 403 Pike, Captain, 392 Pineapples, 201 Pine Island, 368 Piper Islands, 396, 399 Pitcher plants, 169, 176 Pit-ponies, 330 Pitt (steward), accident to, 117 Plaids, origin of, 121 Plant, Colonel and Mrs., 134 Planters in Ceylon, 100 Playford, Mr., 278 _Plumieria_, 102 Plurality of office in Labuan, 157 Point Amherst, 133 Poison-plant in pastureland, 247 Pomegranates, 248 Poonah, 51 Pope-Hennessy, Sir John, 430 Port Albany, 400 Port Adelaide, 266 Port Darwin, 427 Port Douglas, 389 Port Elizabeth, 431 Port Kennedy, 405 Port Louis, Mauritius, 428 Porto Praya, 442 Portsmouth, 2 Pouce mountain, 428, 430 Poultry, 52, 350 Prahus, 147, 169, 201 Preparis group, the, 116 Primitive settlement, a, 236 Prince of Wales' Island, 409 Pritchett, Mr., 92, 213 Processions in India, 3 'Protector' (gunboat), 266 Providential Channel, 395 Public works contractors of New South Wales, 475 Pumice-stone, 218 _Purdah_, the, 66, 71, 76 _Putso_, the, 121 Quarantine Island, 255 Queen's, the, birthday in the colonies, 264 Queensland, as a pastoral country, 345; gold-mines, 352; up-country hotels, 354 Quoit-throwing, 19 Quop, 152 Race-meetings in the colonies, 297, 361 Rail-splitters, 303 Railways, colonial, 233, 266, 332, 436 Rain-hats, 122 Rainsworth, 360 Rajah of Travancore, 94 Rajang river, 154 Rajpoori river, 73 Rajpura, 22 Ralli, Mr., 12 Ramleh Military Hospital, 3 Ranagar Palace, 33 Rangoon, 120 'Rangoon' (steamship), 136 Rangoon river, 119 Rao of Cutch, 61 Ratnagiri, 76 Rats, 153 Rattans, 205 Ravee river, 20 Rawul Pindi, 16, 18 Read, Mr. Sheriff, 293 Reay, Lord and Lady, 4, 5, 12, 13, 57-59, 61, 62, 65-67, 69, 140 Reporters' difficulties, 265 Rest-houses, Burmah, 129 Restoration Island, 395 Rice, 120, 131 Richards, Sir Frederick, 109 Riches, Mr., 277 Robinson, Mr. and Mrs., 307 Robinson, Sir William, 264 Rockhampton, 349, 364 Rockhampton lily, the, 350, 366 Rockingham Channel, 379 Rohri, 13 Romilly, Miss, 288 Roses, 270 Rotan saga, the, 205 Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, 466 Royal Sydney Yacht Club, 322 Runjeet Singh's tomb, Lahore, 15, 16 Russell, Dr., quoted, 87 'Ryujo' (Japanese corvette), 266 Sad incident, a, 79 Saddle Island, 413 Sago, 162 Sahyádri Ghâts, the, 81 Sailors, heedless and imitative, 95, 96 Salomons, Mr., 317 Salter, Dr., 424 Salvation Army in the colonies, 336 Salwen river, 133, 134 Sami Rock, the, 114 Sandakan, 185 Sandakan Bay, 175, 178 Sandflies, 401 Sandford, Sir Herbert, 269 S. Cajetan, Goa, 86 S. Caterina, Goa, 87, 88 Sapa Gaya river, 178 Sar-Bahr, Gwalior, 28 Saribowa (volcano), 219 Sarongs, 182, 213 Savage, Mr., 418-420 Saw-mills, 237 Schinnahal Tank, Ulwar, 27 Schonburg, Dr., 276 Schramud, Mr., 401, 404 Sea-horses, 111 Sea-slugs, 394, 396, 397 Secunderabad, 36 Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, 31 Segama river, 188, 194 Shaftesbury, Lord, 325 Shah Dura, the, 19, 20 'Shannon,' P. and O., 231 Sharks, 412 Shearston, Mr., 316 Sheep-rearing, 247, 360, 361 Shelbourne Bay, 399 Shells, 392, 397 Sherwin, Miss Amy (the Australian Nightingale), 295 Shikarpur, 11-13 Shway Dagohu pagoda, Burmah, 124 Shepparton, 306, 307 Sierra Leone, 440-442 Silam, 186, 203 Silver-mines, 273 Silverton, 273 Simon, Dr., 141 Singapore, 141 Sir Deva Sing, 24 Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, 63 'Sir Roger,' 15, 66, 187, 332, 353, 411, 412, 418 Sir Salar Jung, 35, 39, 42, 49 'Sirocco' (steamship), 99 Slaves of the Pagoda, 127 Smallpox, 172 Smith, Colonel Euan, 29, 137 Snakes, 159, 401, 403 Solitary Islands, 342 Somerset, 400 South Australia, area, climate, and capabilities of, 428 South Australian Geographical Society, 270 South Australian Yacht Club, 267 Spears, 252 Speculation in Australia, 393 Speeches of Lord Brassey:-- to Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Adelaide, 466, 467; Adelaide Chamber of Commerce, 468; Imperial Federation League, Melbourne, 471-475; Public Works contractors, Sydney, 475-478 Sponge, 390 Sprigg, Sir Gordon, 433, 434, 436 Springsure, 360, 362 Springwood, 319 Squalls, 225 St. Antonio, 443 St. Francis Xavier's tomb, Goa, 88 St. Helena, 437 St. John Ambulance Association, 71, 143, 183, 276, 312, 315, 322, 342, 346, 359, 364, 424 St. Quintin, Colonel, 310 St. Vincent, 442 Stafford, Lord and Lady, 132 Stake, Inquisition, at Goa, 89 Star of the East Mine, Ballarat, 282 Stations, cattle, in Queensland, 360, 362 Steam-tram in the jungle, 383 Steering at sea, careless, 388 Stellenbosch, 434 Stevens, Captain and Mrs., 407, 411 Stevenson, Mr., 346 Stewart, Mr. and Mrs., 233, 237, 239 Stock, Mr., 265 Stockmen, 362 Straits of Macassar, 208 Suanlamba river, 178 Subterranean banquet, a, 331 Sugar-cultivation, 376, 381, 384, 385, 388, 430 Sukhur, 12, 13 Sultan of Brunei, 160, 163, 165 Sultan of Johore, 141, 165 Sultan of Sulu, 165 Sulus, the, 166, 198, 204, 206 Sumbawa, 217 Sumpitans, or blowpipes, 156 'Sunbeam,' her capital sailing qualities, 5; dimensions of, 461; summary of her cruise, 462-465 Sundyaks, the, 181 Sunflowers, 102 Sunstroke, 95, 96 Surgery, amateur, 144, 404 Sydney, 309 Symes, Mr. and Mrs., 121, 132, 407, 423 Table Bay, 432, 433 Table Mountain, 433 'Tab's' shooting excursion, 186, 206 Tainpasick river, 168 Taj, Agra, 29 Tamieri, the, 121 Tamworth, 332 Tank, of Mir Alam, 38; in the Nizam's Palace, Hyderabad, 46; at Khurseed Jah's, 48 'Tannadice' (steamship), 399 Tapang-tree, the, 192 Tawoomba, 340 Teak, 132 Temple of the Sun, Mooltan, 14 Tenasserim, 138 Tenterfield, 332 Tent-pegging, 19 Terceira, 446 Terowie, 273 'Thames,' P. & O., 4, 5 Theatricals at sea, 137, 221, 261 Theebaw, King, 76, 77 Thermometers, 270 Thompson, Mr., 350 Thukkar quoit-throwing, 19 _Thunbergia venusta_, 350, 365 Thursday Island, 400, 405, 412, 423 Thwaites, Dr., 102 Timber stations, 178 Timber-waggons, 354 Timber-yards, 130, 131 Timbu Mata Island, 186 'Times,' the, on the cruise of the 'Sunbeam,' 461-465 Tin-mines, 339 'Tip-up,' a, 279 Titles, native, at Hyderabad, 50 Todd, Mr., 27 Todhunter, Mr. and Mrs., 361 Tomb of the Emperor Hamayun, Delhi, 26 Tombs of the Kings, Golkonda, 35 Tonic-water bottles used as temple ornaments, 123 Torres Straits, 425 Towers of Silence, Bombay, 37 Towns, etc., chief, visited by Lady Brassey:-- Alexandria, 3; Cairo, 4; Kurrachee, 10; Shikarpur, 12; Mooltan, 14; Lahore, 14; Peshawur, 16; Rawul Pindi, 18; Amritsar, 21; Rajpura, 22; Patiala, 21-25; Delhi, 26; Jeypore, 27; Agra, 29; Gwalior, 30; Cawnpore, 30; Lucknow, 31; Benares, 32; Hyderabad, 34; Secunderabad, 36; Bijapur, 51; Poonah, 51; Bombay, 56; Goa, 82; Colombo, 97; Trincomalee, 107; Rangoon, 119; Moulmein, 133; Singapore, 141; Borneo, 143; Labuan, 155; Brunei, 160; Eleopura, 175; Celebes, 203; Albany, 230; Adelaide, 264; Ballarat, 281; Geelong, 286; Melbourne, 287; Sydney, 309; Newcastle, 326; Brisbane, 342 Townsville, 370, 371 Traill, Captain, 301 Trans-Australian railway, a, 428 Transvaal, the, 436 Traveller's palm, 142 Traveller's tree, 429 Travelling in Australia, 274 Treacher, Mr., 176, 183, 185, 188, 206 Tree-ferns, 302 Trepang, 397 Trimulgherry, 37 Trimen, Dr., 102 Trincomalee, 107 Trinear, Mr., 355 Tropical forests, 197 Troubridge, 262 Trout, 303 Tudhope, Mr., 434 Turpentine-trees, 348 Turtle, 421 Turtles' eggs, 150 Tyler, Dr., 30 Typhoid fever, 231 Tyssen, Mr., 340 Ulett (English coachman), 35 Ulwar, 27 Umbrella palms, 383 Umbrellas as insignia of rank, 165 Unseaworthy ships, 444, 445 Vaccination, 172 Vancouver's Ledge, 230 Vasco de Gama, 84, 86, 94 Verdon, Sir George, 288 'Vernon' (reformatory ship), 314, 322 Vine-cultivation, 434 Volcanic waves, 218 Volunteers in Australia, 292 Von Babo, Baron, 433 Vultures, 57 Walker, Mr., 178, 180, 183 Walker, Mr. and Mrs., 333-335 Wallabies, 379 Wallace, quoted, 214, 218 Walsh, Mr., 380 Warburton, Major, 17 War dances, 181 Wardlaw, Mr. and Mrs., 378 War jackets, 148, 159 Warrangara, 357 Watcher of a gold mine, 354 Water-carrier, 30 Waterfalls, 387, 388 Waterfield, Colonel, 16, 17 Water-lilies, 112 Watson, Elizabeth, tragic story of, 394 Watson's Bay, 310, 311 Watt river, 303 Wax candles as complimentary gifts, 163, 164 Weapons, native, 149, 184, 213, 214 Wedding, Hindoo, 43 Wellington Lodge, 279 Wentworth Falls, 319 West African Telegraph Company, 442 West Cape Howe, 229 West India Regiment, the, 442 West Maitland, 332 Weymouth Bay, 396 Whalers, 445 Whales, 258 White, Mr. Frank, suicide of, 78-80 White ants, 151, 159 White bird's-nests, 178 Whitsunday Island, 369 Whitsunday Passage, 368 Wild bees, 192 Wild cattle, 171 Williamstown, 298 Wilson, Mr., 178, 180, 183, 184 Wine-making, 300 Wollahra centre of St. John Ambulance Association, 322 Wolseley, Colonel, 21 Woman's Suffrage Society, Victoria, 288 Women's hats at Brunei, 160 Wood-cutting, 238 Woodgate, Mr. Herbert, 273 Wool, 328 Wright, Mr., 401-403 York Islands, 413 Young, Mr., 256 _Zamia alsophila_, 383 Zulus, 437 * * * * * _Spottiswoode & Co.

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"Vell, as you say, we have been both deceived by a great blackguard, and by that 'ere jackass in the corner.

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what have we here--is it a horse or is it a jackass?

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"So are a jackass's," retorted Dick.

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Most of them were mounted on rough mountain ponies and jackasses, although three or four of the women trudged afoot, with pyramids of baskets balanced upon their heads, the perspiration streaming down their faces from the combined effects of the sun and their load.

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At length he descried his valet advancing at a most leisurely pace, not mounted on his own strong horse, and leading a beautiful Arabian, but bestriding a miserable jackass, which required constant application of the whip.

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Of this Peregil was by no means sparing, to induce him to move at even the slowest pace a jackass is capable of travelling.

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"Well, but how comest thou by that contemptible jackass?" demanded Don Rodrigo, angrily.

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"Gently, Señor, gently; since the master shows such a predilection for mules, it is not to be wondered if the valet evinces a similar taste for jackasses."

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May the lightning of heaven and the curses of all the saints fall on him and his former master too;" and so saying he again belaboured the sides of the unfortunate jackass, regretting that its former master was not near enough to benefit by the energetic blows he so liberally dealt out.

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"When you see this mule before the door, together with a very lean jackass, then you may be certain I am there with my friend."

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On the day set Li Dsing went there and, sure enough he saw the mule and the jackass before the door.

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Beside them, _Dios el Padre_ led off a dance to the sound of a cracked guitar, which St Cecilia was twanging as an accompaniment to the nasal melody of the gangaso;[8] and a little further on, the child Jesus, mounted on a jackass, was flying into Egypt, and squirting, as he went, streams of water into the open windows of houses, and into the faces of the passers-by.

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"This beam is so tight and scrambled that no prying jackass could even tell that it is communication.

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"That I should have been such a fool--an infernal blockheaded fool--" shutting the iron-studded door with a kick and a clang--"muddle-headed fool--I'll never touch a drop of whiskey again--and that jackass, Fred--why, she's--" a lady, he would have said, but did not dare admit to himself now that he had thought to ask her in to "wake us up."

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In this great work she is assisted by the pearl-gray or ecru colored jackass of the tepid South.

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Jackasses in the South are of two kinds, viz., male and female.

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Much as has been said of the jackass pro and con, I do not remember ever to have seen the above statement in print before, and yet it is as trite as it is incontrovertible.

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Here the jackass at times becomes a co-worker with the cow in hauling tobacco and other necessaries of life into town, but he goes no further in the matter of assistance.

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Literature, one's sole craft and staff of life, lies broken in abeyance; what room for music amid the braying of innumerable jackasses, the howling of innumerable hyænas whetting the tooth to eat them up?

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Their faces seemed as devoid of merriment as the faces of jackasses, and the heads above them were often as stupid.

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Mrs. Booth-Tucker reminds us of the gushing lady novelist, who describes her hero as divinely handsome and miraculously clever, but when she opens his mouth, makes him talk like a jackass.

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