158 MULES AND MULE BREEDING. 



old in the constant company of a filly of his own age. 

 The chief thing to bear in mind is that jacks, and in fact 

 all animals, take to whatever they have been brought up 

 with when young. 



Conclusion. — In this Memorandum I have endeavoured 

 to point out the practices followed in countries with which 

 I am practically acquainted, and in which the breeding of 

 mules is an all-important rural industry. There may be, 

 and doubtless are, difficulties attending the carrying out 

 of these practices in India, and I must leave the con- 

 sideration of them to the authorities on the spot. 



