158 MULES, AND THEIR ADAPTABILITY 



is very reluctant to sell his baudet, and 

 a really good one commands a large price, 

 generally from £100 to £400 ; a particularly 

 fine specimen having once, it is alleged, 

 fetched as much as £1000. 



It is generally supposed that, in the cross, 

 the donkey influence predominates over that 

 of the horse, and this certainly seems to he 

 the case, both in appearance and charac- 

 teristics, in regard to the mule, but it is 

 not so apparent in the hinny, or jennet, as 

 it is sometimes called. One which I knew 

 was quite as much like a pony as a donkey. 

 Very few of these are met with in England, 

 but in Ireland they are more common, 

 especially in Tipperary and Mayo, where a 

 good Welsh pony was stationed a few years 

 ago for the express purpose of breeding 

 this animal. For trotting work in light 

 carts the jennet is more suitable than the 

 heavier-bodied mule, and being the offspring 

 of two such enduring animals as the pony 



