8 THE PENYCUIK EXPERIMENTS. 



ponies and other breeds present nearly all tlie characters 

 of the West Highland race. 



Mules generally strongly resemble their asinine pro- 

 genitors, but the mules bred by the late Marquis of Salis- 

 bury in the Island of Eum were observed on reaching 

 Hatfield to resemble ponies rather than donkeys. This, to 



Fig. 3. 



Romulus (seven days old) and his dam, Mulatto. 



my mind, proves that Mulatto belongs to a well-marked 

 and distinct breed, and that whatever the result may 

 eventually be, she is in every way as suitable, as well 

 adapted for taking the place of the nearly purely bred 

 Arab mare used in Lord Morton's famous experiment, as 

 the zebra Matopo is an excellent substitute for the now 

 extinct or all but extinct quagga. It is only necessary to 



