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y. Mule. — 2. y. E. Jfinus Mulus. 



The hybrid produce of a Jack-afs with a Mare ; has a large clumfy head, long erect 

 ears, a fhort mane, and a thin tail. Briff. quad. 103. n. 4. 



'Ogtt/j. Arift. hift. an. i. c. 7. ii. c. 5. vi. c. 24. — Mulus, Mula. Plin. hift. nat. viii. c. 44. xi. 

 c. 37. Gefn. quad. 793. Schwenckf. ther. 62. Aldrov. folid. 358. Jonft. 21. t. 6. Charlet. exerc. 

 4. Sloan, jam. ii. 327. — Annus biformis. Klein, quad. 6. — Mule. Sm. Buff. viii. 1. Penn. hift. of 

 quad. p. 8. Brit. zool. i. 13. — Maul efel. Gefn! thierb. 108. Ofb. oftind. 35. 



The Mule is much valued for the faddle, and for drawing carriages, in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and 

 the Eaft, and in the warmer parts of America : In thefe countries, where great attention is paid to 

 the breed, it is as tall as the Horfe, exceedingly well limbed, but not fo handfome, efpecially about 

 the head and tail; they are moftly fterile, though there are a few inftances of female Mules produ- 

 cing foals, and even of the male having impregnated females both of the Afs and Horfe fpecies, but 

 thefe are exceedingly rare. 



£. Bardeau. — 2. %> E. Jfinus Hinnus. 



The hybrid produce between a She-afs and a Station ; the head is long and thin, the 

 ears are like thofe of a Horfe, the mane is fhort, and the tail is well filled with haiiv 

 Sm. Buff. viii. 2. 



rme;. Arift. hift. an. i. c. 7. — Hinnus. Plin. hift. nat- viii. c. 44. Gefn. quad. 18. Aldrov. 

 folid. 358. Jonft. quad. 21. Charlet. exerc. 4. Raj. quad. 64. 



The Bardeau is much fmaller, and lefs ufeful, as well as lefs common, than the Mule, and is more 

 of a reddilh colour -, in the ears and tail it has a greater refemblance to the Horfe, but the mane is 

 fhort like that of the Mule ; it is, however, very little known, being feldom cultivated on purpofe,, 

 becaufe lefs hardy, and. lefs fitted for the various purpofes of life, "than either the Horfe, the Afs, or 

 the Mule. 



4. Zebra. — 5. Equus Zebra, 3- 



Has folid hoofs ; is of a pale buff colour, and ftriped all over the body with perpendi- 

 cular brown bands, and the limbs with crofs ftripes ; the ears are fhort and erect ; 

 the mane is fhort, and the tail is thinly garnifhed with hair at the end. BrilT. regn. 

 an. 101. n. 2. 



Equus indicus. Jonft. quad. t. 5. — Equus brafilienfls. Jacob, muf. reg. 3. t. 2. f. 1. Laur. irtuf. 

 reg. t. 3. f. 18. — Equus ferus, Zebra, f. Zecora. Klein, quad. 5. — Zebra. Purch. gilg. ii. 1001. 

 Charlet. exerc. 4. Raj. quad. 64. Barbot, guin. 486. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 4. Nieremb. hift.. 

 nat. 168. Sm. Buff. vi. 264. pi. clxxxii. clxxxiii. — Zecora. Ludolf. aeth. i. c. 10. n. 35. comra. 

 150. — Zeura, or Zecora. Lobo. abyff. i. 291. — Zebra indica. Aldrov. folid. 416. f. p. 417. Jonft, 

 quad. 21. t. 5. — Male Zebra. Edw. av. t. 222. — Wild Afs. Kolben, cape. ii. 112. — Indianifher 

 Maulthier. Gefn. thierb. 120. — Africanifches Tygerpferd, oder Efelpferd. Knorr, del. ii. t. K. 8. 

 Lev. muf. 



Inhabits Africa, from Congo and Angola acrofs to Abyflina, and fouthwards to near the Cape of 



Good Hope.. — This extremely beautiful animal lives in herds, chiefly frequenting the open plains. 



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