4^ OF MULES. 



fary to generation. But mongrel animals arff 

 always lels feitile, and more tardy than thofe of 

 a pure fpecies. Befides, mules have never pro- 

 duced in cold climates, feidom in -tv'arm regions, 

 and ftill more feidom in temperate countries *, 

 Hence their barrennefs, •vviihciit being ahfolute, 



may 



* To the above fi^^, the tranflAtor h:i5 to add an inftnnoj 

 of the proliiic powers of a fhe-muie in the North of Scotland. 

 Having heard that a mule, belonging to Mr David TuHo, 

 farmer in Auchtertyre, in the county of Forfar, had fome 

 years ago brdught forth a foal, he tranfmitted a few queries 

 to be put to Mr Tullo ; vind requefted that his anfwers might 

 be legally attefted before a magiilrate. This requeft v.as 

 chearfully complied with ; and the following is an sxacl copy 

 of the queries, anfwers, and atteftatious. 



Interrogatories to be put to Mr Tullo tenant in Auchtertyre, 

 parifli of Newtyle, and county of Forfar, with his anfwers 

 thereto. 



ims, Had you ever a ihe-mule ? At what period r Is it true 

 that the mule had a foal ? At what time was Ihe covered ; 

 and when did ihe foal ; 



Anfwered by Mr Tullo : That he bought a fhe-mule about 

 twenty years ago : That Ihe w^as conftantly in feafon for a 

 hoife : That, about fome years thereafter, he gave her a horfe ; 

 and that flie, thereafter, gave him a foal, about the loth of 

 June. The mule's price was four pounds five ftiillings Ster- 

 ling. 



2Jd, What was t.he colour of the foal ? Was there any thing 

 particular in its figure ? 



Anfvver : The foal was exaflly the cploui of its mother, 

 inclined to black, with a very large head, big ears, and fmall 

 tail ; and the declarant thinks, had its head been weighed 

 when ipaled, it would have weighed nearly as much as its 

 body. 



