OF MULES. II 



pcrfe£t refemblance to puppies, having long 

 pendulous ears. One of them is black, with 

 a white breaft, which was the colour of the 

 dog. The others will probably be of the colour 

 of the mother. The hair of each of them is 

 coarfer than that of ordinary dogs. There is but 

 one female, with a very (hort tail, like the dog, 

 v.'Ik) had fcarcely any tail. They promife to 

 be large, ftrong, and very ferocious. The mo- 

 ther is extremely folicitous concerning their 

 wellfare. . I doubt whether I fhall keep her any 

 longer, having been chagrined by an accident 

 that befell my coachman, whom fhebit fo cruel- 

 ly, that he has been confined to his bed thefe 

 fix weeks paft. But I will engage, that, if pre- 

 ferved, ihe will again have puppies by the fame 

 dog, who is white, with large black fpots on 

 the back. I hope, Sir, that what I have faid 

 will anfvver for a reply to your remarks, and 

 that you will no longer hefitate concerning the 

 truth of this fmgular event.' 

 IN'Iy doubts are entirely removed, and I am 

 happy to embrace this opportunity of expreffing 

 my thanks. The eftablifhment of a rare fail ia 

 natural hiftory is a great acquifition. The means 

 of obtaining fuch fadts are always difficult, and 

 often, as we have feen, very dangerous. It was 

 for this laft reafon that 1 fequeftered my wolf 

 and dog from all fociety. I had formerly rear- 

 ed a young wolf, who, till the age of twelve 

 inonths, did no mifchief, and followed his ma- 

 tter 



