DZIGGETAI, OR KOULAN.—A’sinus 0'nagei 
The cross-breed between the horse and the ass, which is commonly known by the 
name of the MULE, is a very valuable animal for certain purposes, possessing the strength 
and power of the horse, with the hardiness and sure foot of the ass. The largest and 
most useful Mules are those which are produced by a male ass and a mare, the large 
Spanish Ass being the best for this purpose. In Spain and in many eastern countries the 
Mule is an animal of some importance, the parents being selected as carefully as those of 
the horse itself. The chief drawback in the rearing of this animal is that it is 
unproductive, and is incapable of continuing its species, so that there can be no definite 
breed of Mules, as of horses and asses. 
Tur Wild Asses are all celebrated for their extreme fleetness and sureness of foot, and 
among them the Dzigcerat, Kaur, or KouLAN deserves especial mention. 
This animal is so wonderfully swift that it cannot be overtaken even by a fleet 
Avabian horse, and if it can get upon hilly or rocky eround, it bids defiance to all 
wingless enemies. Not even the greyhound can follow it with any hope of suecess when 
it once leaves level ground. This great speed renders it a favourite object of chase with 
the natives of the countries which it inhabits; and whether in Persia or India, it is held to 
be the noblest of game. Sometimes the falcon is trained to aid in the chase of the Wild 
Ass, but the usual method of securing this animal is to drive it towards rocky ground, 
and to kill it with a rifle bullet as it stands in fancied security upon some lofty crag. 
It lives in troops, descending to the plains during the winter months, and returning 
to the cooler hills as soon as the summer begins to be unpleasantly warm. It is very 
common in Mesopotamia, and is always a most shy and wary, as well as swift anunal. 
