WILD MULE* 
successfully attacked when unaware, instances 
of which perpetually occur in the military 
annals of most nations. 
The Mongalian and Tungusian Tartars- 
kill the Wild iMule for the sake of it's flesh ;, 
which they prefer to that of the Horse, and 
even of the Wild Boar. It is, they assert, 
exceedingly nourishing and wholesome. They 
i^se the skin chiefly for making boots.. 
The Common Mule of modern times is a 
very different animal from this; being, in- 
faft, nothing more than the mixed progeny 
of the Horse and Ass, These are a hardy 
race, and have more the form and disposition 
of the Ass than of the Horse. The- flnes tare 
bred in Spain ;; but there are very large ones 
in Savoy. The mixed offspring, of all ani- 
mals, which scarcely ever breed, are com- 
monly denominated Mules;, but the V/ild 
Mules propagate their species with the same 
regularity as other animals. 
