Vulgar words in The Bush Boys - History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family (Page 1)
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This occupied a good while; but at length a stout rough article was knocked up, which served the purpose admirably.
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In fact, the new-comers had points of resemblance to all four--horse, ass, gnoo, and zebra--and yet they were distinct from any.
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Modern naturalists have divided the _Equidae_, or horse family, into two genera--the _horse (equus_) and the _ass (asinus_)--the principal points of distinction being, that animals of the horse kind have long flowing manes, full tails, and warty callosities on both hind and fore limbs; while asses, on the contrary, have short, meagre, and upright manes, tails slender and furnished only with long hairs at the extremity, and their hind limbs wanting the callosities.
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First, we have the common ass (_Asinus vulgaris_), the type of the genus; and of this there are many breeds in different countries, some nearly as elegant and as highly prized as horses.
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Next there is the "onagra," "koulan," or "wild-ass" (_Asinus onager_), supposed to be the origin of the common kind.
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There is also the "dziggetai," or "great wild-ass" (_Asinus hemionus_), of Central and Southern Asia, and another smaller species the "ghur" (_Asinus Hamar_) found in Persia.
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First, there is the "wild-ass" (_Asinus onager_), which, as already stated, extends from Asia into the north-eastern parts of Africa, contiguous to the former continent.