OF MULES. 17 



Other eye-witneiTes, and particularly M. Caza- 

 vant, furgeon, add, that the young mule feemed 

 to have been mature, and well formed ; that, 

 from the appearance of its hair, head, and ears, 

 It had a greater refemblance to the afs than com- 

 mon mules ; that the paps of the mother were 

 fwelled, and full of milk ; that, when the igno- 

 rant Negro perceived the feet iffuing from the 

 vagina, he drew fo forcibly as to invert the 

 uterus, and lacerate the parts, which occafioned 

 the death of both mother and foal. 



Thefe fads, which appear to be well afcer- 

 tained, fhow, that, in warm climates, the 

 mule is not only capable of conception, but of 

 bringing the foetus to full maturity. From my 

 correfpondents in Spain and Italy, I learn, th?it 

 fimilar ev-enis have happened in thei<; countries : 

 But the fads are not fo completely authenticated. 

 It itill remains to be inquiredj whether this 

 St Domingo mule was impregnated by an afs or 

 a mule. '1 he fuperior refemblance of the young 

 mule to the former feems to indicate, that fhe 

 had been covered by an afs. Tlie ferocious ar- 

 dour of the als renders him very indilTcrcnt in 

 the choice of females, and makes him attack, 

 with nearly the i'ame avidity, tlie ihe-afs, the 

 jnare, and the mule. 



We may, therefore, confider itao an cflal)ll(h- 

 ed fact, that the he-mule can generate, and the 

 fhe-mule produce. Like other animals, they 

 have a feminal liquor, and all the organs iiecef- 

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