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Mute. 
MARV EWE Crass fT. 
the feed is harvefted, and thence difperied thro’ 
other parts of the ‘paar 
Mulus, Rai fyx. quad. 64. brevi. Brifon quad. 
Gefn. quad. 702. 
Afinus biformis, Klein. quad. 6. tas mulus, Lin. fy. 101. 
Charlton ex. 4. Faun. Suec. 35« edit. 1. 
Equus auriculis longis “eredtis, Br. Zool. 6. 
Brit. Mul, fem. Mules Germ. Maulthier, Maulefel 
Fren. Le Mulet _ Dut. Muyl-Eefel 
Ital. Mula Swed. Mulafna 
Spanx. Mulo . Dan. Muule,v. Muul-Efel.. 
Port. Maula 
HIS ufeful and hardy animal is the off-{pring 
of the horfe and afs, or afs and mare; thofe 
produced between the two laft are efteemed the 
beft, as the mule is obferved to partake lefs of the 
male than the female parent; not but they almoft. 
always inherit in fome degree the obftinacy of the 
parent afs, tho’ it muft be confeffed that this vice 
is heightened by their being injudicioufly broke : 
inftead of mild ufage, which gently corrects the 
worft qualities, the mule is treated with cruelty 
from the firft; and is fo habituated to blows, that 
it is never mounted or loaded without expectation 
of ill treatment ; fo that the unhappy animal either 
prepares to retaliate, or in the terror of bad ufage, 
becomes invincibly retrograde. Could we prevale 
on our countrymen to confider this animal in the 
light its ufeful qualities merit, and pay due atten- 
tion 
