WILD MULE. 
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Pennant says, are much the same as i jbur 
the Common Mule. It has a large heacjft li 
with a flat forehead, growing narrow tc 
wards the nose ; the eyes are not large, ar 
the irides arc of an obscure ash-colour. Tljwiti 
number of teeth is thirty-eight, being t\\ 
less than in the Common Horse. It's ear 
which are much longer than those of tl 
Korse, are quite eredl, and lined with a thic 
whitish, curling coat. The neck is slende 
ana compressed; the mane is upright, shor 
soft, and of a greyish colour ; and, instead 
a foretop, there is a short tuft of .downy hai )wai 
about an inch and three quarters long. Tl 
body is rather long, and the back very litt 
elevated: the breast is protuberant and shar 
The Umbs are long and elegant; the thig' 
thin, as in the Common Mule. There is i 
oval callus within each of the fore leers, b 
none on the hinder. The hoofs are blacl iid 
smooth, and of an oblong form. The tai 
which is slender, and resembles that of a cov mil 
is naked for half it's length; the rest is coven 
with Ion" ash-coloured hairs. 
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In the winter coat of the ^VildMule, rli 
