.WILD MULE. 
iair is grey at the tips, and of a brownisli asli- 
"bolour beneath: it is about two inches long, 
''•(1 loft like thai of the Camel, and undulated on 
lie back. , The summer coat, which is much 
ihorter, has a most elegant smoothness, and is 
'^Haeautifiilly marked all over with, small vortexes. 
M'iTheend of the nose is white; and, from tlience 
"4o the foretop, is of a colour inclining to tawny. 
^^he buttocks, as well as the belly, and the in- 
^^iddes of the limbs, are also white. A blackish 
^^fifesiaceoiis line extends, fi-om the mane, along 
^rtthe top of- the back, quite to the tail ; this line, 
0 which is broadest on toe -loins, grows narrower 
lii'lowards the tail. The colour of the upper 
lilpart of the body is a light yellov/isli grey,, 
u^Towing paler towards the sides. .- , , 
The height of this- animal is three, feet nine 
ai inches; it's length, from the tip of the nose, 
1)11 to the base of the tail,: six feet "Seven incites ; 
i\%rA the tail is two feet long, . including the 
I hairs, v.diich extend eight inches beyond tlie 
trunk. 
These animals inhabit the desarts between 
the Rivers Onuii and Argun, in the inosl 
southern _ 
