She is gentle by Nature; but the poor thing's heart
Is now breaking; yet by kind treatment she might
Be made one of the most valuable and amusing
Things in Nature. She is a little foundered, but not to hurt
Or retard her movements; she is of some mettle and
High spirit, notwithstanding her hard fate,
She will even kick if roughly handled,
Nor would she suffer a dirty hand to touch her."—P. 105.
Again, she says:
"I wish I had an only friend,