90 THE SHIPWRECKED ASS.

THE SHIPWRECKED ASS.

AN ass was shipped at Gibraltar on board the Jss frigate,
to be sent to Captain Dundas, then at Malta. The ship, on
her voyage, struck on a sand-bank off Cape de Gat, when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

among other things thrown overboard was the poor ass; for
it was hoped that, although the sea was running high, the
animal might reach the shore.