Of the (generation of <zAnimals, ^p

ded, as Va.no faith. If you would have a strong and a big Mule, you must chuse aMare of the largest assize, and well-knit joints, not regarding her fwiftneffe, but herstrength. But there is another kind of mule called Hinnus,that Cometh

of a Horse and a She-ass.

But here fpecialchoice must be made of the Asse, that she be of the largest assize,strongly jointed,and able to endure any labour,and of good qualities alfojfor howso-ever it is the Sire that gives the name to the young one,and it is called Hinnus,of theHorse; yet it grows altogether like the Dam, having the main and the tail of anAsse, but Horses ears ; and it is not so great of body as the Mule is, but much flow-er, and much wilder. But the best She-mules of all, are generated

of a wilde Ass j and of a She-afs ,

and these are the swiftest too ; scr though the Mule that is begotten by the He-asse,be both in shape and qualities very excellent in his kind,yet that which is begotten ofthe wilde Asse, cometh nothing behind the other,butonly that it is unruly and stub-born,and somewhat scammel,like the Sire.These Mules thus gendred of a wilde Asse,and a She-asse, if they be males, and put to cover a Mare, beget excellent youngones,which by little and little wax tame,resembling the shape and mildcesse os theirSire, but the stomack and fwiftneffe of their Grand-sire; and they have exceedinghard feet, as Columella writes. These happily arc the Mules which Aristotle writes,are only in Syria, (wist, and fertile, called by the common name of Mules, becauseof their shape, though their kind be of a wild Asse. But there is a more commonkind of

Strong Mules gendred of a Bull and an Afs y

which is a fourth sort of Mules, found in Gratianopoli?,and called by a French name,Jumar. Gefner reports, that at the foot of the Hill Spelungus in Rhetia, was seen aHorse gendred of a Mare and a Bull. And I my self saw ac Ferraria, certain beastsin the shape of a Mule, but they had a Bulls head,and two great knobs in stead ofhorns; they had also a Bulls eyes, and were exceeding stomsckful, and their colour■was black: a spectacle, wherewith we were much delighted. I have heard, that inFrance, they be common; but I could see none there, though I passed through th*whole Country.

Chap. X.

How to mingle the Sheep and Goats together, bj generation.

I F we would better any qualities in a Ram, we must effect it by coupling themwith wild beasts, such as are not much unlike,either in quantity or in kind. Thereis a beast called

Mitftnus,gendred of a Goat and a %am.

Vlinj faith, that in Spain, but especially in Corsica,there are beasts called Musimonesnot much unlike to Sheep, which have Goats hair, but in other parts, Sheep: theyoung ones which are gendred of them, coupling with Sheep, are called by theAntients,Umbri: Strabo calls them Musimones. But Albert us calls them Musinior Musimones, which are gendred of a Goat and a Ram. I have heard that in Rhe*tia, in the Helvetian confines, there are generated certain beasts, which are Goats inthe hinder parts, but in the former parts, Sheep or Rams; but they cannot livelong, but commonly they die, as soon as they are born: and that there the Ramsbe-* n g grown in years, are very strong and lustful, and so oft-times meeting with goats,