32 THE MULE. 



under Captain Sautelle, A. Q. M. They are now in 

 fine condition, and equal to any thing we have in the 

 corral. The leaders are very fine animals. They are 

 fourteen hands high, one weighing eight hundred, and 

 the other eight hundred and forty -five pounds. One of 

 the middle leaders weighs nine hundred, the other nine 

 hundred and forty-seven pounds, and fourteen hands 

 and a half high. 



