WILD mule: 
iFhough the Wild Miiie was known by 
pe ancients, very few of our modern natura- 
ls ts appear to have been acquainted with this 
iiimal. 
, It is the Hfemionos,. or Half Ass, of Arl- 
rotle ; and was celebrated by him for it's 
mazing swiftnisss^ as well as it's fecundity,., 
: breeding mulfi being thought a prodigy, 
a the time of Aristotle, it is said to have in- 
abifed Syria: and Phny, who speaks of this 
>ecies from the report of Theophrastus, in- 
»rms us that it was found in. Cappadocia ; but 
2 adds, that they were a peculiar kind. Zini- 
\erman,i and Pallas describe it under the name 
f Equus Hemionus ; . called, by the Mongol 
"artars, Dshikketaei. . This word, in . their 
nguage, signifies the Eared. The Chinese^ 
xording to Du Halde, call it Yo to Tse^ or 
le Mule. . 
I The - size and appearance of this animal^ 
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