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MULE. Class I. 



the feed is harvefted, and thence dlfperfed thro' 

 other parts of the principality. 



Mule. MuIus, Raiijyn. quad. 64. juba brevi. BriJ/on quad, 



Gefn. quad. 702. 71. 



Afinus biformis, Klein, quad. 6. Equus mulus, Lin.fyfi. loi- 



Charlton ex. 4. Faun. Suec. 35. edit. i. 



Equus auriculis longis erc6lis, Br. Zool. 6. 



THIS ufcful and hardy animal is the ofF-fpring 

 of the horfe and afs, or afs and mare •, thofe 

 produced between the two lad are efleemed the 

 bcft, as the mule is obferved to partake lefs of the 

 male than the female parent ; not but they almoft 

 always inherit in fome degree the obftinacy of the 

 parent afs, tho' it muft be confefled that this vice 

 is heightened by their being injudicioufly broke : 

 inftead of mild ufage, which gently corredls the 

 worft qualities, the mule is treated with cruelty 

 from the firfl ; and is fo habituated to blows, that 

 it is never mounted or loaded without expedation 

 of ill treatment ; fo that the unhappy animal either 

 prepares to retaliate, or in the terror of bad ufage, 

 becomes invincibly retrograde. Could we prevale 

 on our countrymen to confider this animal in the 

 light its ufeful qualities merit, and pay due atten- 

 tion 



