How queer all living creatures are, except donkeys!
On many of the islets numerous tropical fruits are found growing wild, but they are no doubt escapes from cultivation, just as the large herds of wild cattle, horses, donkeys, pigs, goats and dogs - the last large and fierce - which occur abundantly on most of the islands have escaped from domestication.
Cattle, sheep, mules and donkeys are sent in large numbers to Egypt.
I had been told he had two dead donkeys that, sadly, had been hit by a train.
The life expectancy of donkeys is low with only 11% of donkeys sampled being over the age of 15 years.