The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . ules(hemionoi), which, though they are quite a different speciesfrom the domestic mules and resemble the wild asses (ol clypiotovoi^), get their name from a certain resemblance to tamemules. Like the wild asses and the domestic mules theysurpass in fleetness. These mules breed freely, as is provedby the fact that some were brought into Phrygia in the timeof Pharnaces, the father of Pharnabazus, and still continuethere. There are now but three, but formerly there werenine. Apparently there were two kinds of wild asses in Syria,differing but s
The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . ules(hemionoi), which, though they are quite a different speciesfrom the domestic mules and resemble the wild asses (ol clypiotovoi^), get their name from a certain resemblance to tamemules. Like the wild asses and the domestic mules theysurpass in fleetness. These mules breed freely, as is provedby the fact that some were brought into Phrygia in the timeof Pharnaces, the father of Pharnabazus, and still continuethere. There are now but three, but formerly there werenine. Apparently there were two kinds of wild asses in Syria,differing but slightly from each other, the one known as the wild mule {hemionos), the other as the wild ass (onos), theformer being probably darker in colour than the latter. Thusone corresponded to the variety termed hemippus or onagerindicus, the other to the typical onager. 1 726. - C. Keller (Abstimiii. alt. Haustiere) takes them for Prejvalsky horses, butcf. Horses on Figs. 62-4. 3 Hist. Animals, r. 6. ?• Hist. Animals, vr. 36. ] THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 49. R. H. 50 THE EXISTING EQUIDAE [CH. According to the Book of Wonderful Stories^ attributed toAristotle, one of the wild asses led the herd, and whenever anyof the younger stallions attempted to serve a mare, the masterstallion became furious, pursued the colt until he caught him,then stooping down behind him he emasculated him with histeeth. A like belief is still current in India respecting thewild asses of Cutch. In early days the wild ass was well known in Paphlagonia,for Homer-, when speaking of the Eneti who came from thence
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