| Show DONKEY AND MULE SERVE MAN WELL in some countries rank far above horse the donkey and tile the mule slandered and slurred blurred more often cursed than discussed ni aligned adf and impugned us obstreperous cantankerous beasts of burden arcen have bave served man mail long and well the best donkeys the brooklyn engle eagle are not to be found in this country nit although houg 1 in aie e coal mines and mountainous recen the patiently working little beasts dully daily render a service that no other animal could well perform because of their hard tough hoofs they are able to climb rugged and rocky mountains and to traverse parts of tile the earths surface that would be impassable to a horse the donkeys of spain are especially good and in egypt the donkey Is far more precious than the horse it Is said that the donkey Is far better able to find its way over the desert than Is the camel and travelers have rv reported ported seeing long lines of camels traveling in a caravan with a single donkey in the lead the camels carry the water supply for their little pilot of the caravan and in return tor for this service he leads them safely in the right dir direction ecton I 1 the do donkey akey Is the fattier father of the alie mule on the eastern continent donkeys run wild and aad have interbred interbreed Inter bred with horses the mule Is the result of this interbreeding inter breeding its fattier father being the ie donkey ani its mother the ll 11 horse arse the mule and the donkey are alike in many respects the mule incle is the larger of the two animals but both have the he same streak of obstinacy and an excel excellent leat memory As a matter of fact their memory Is often too good they will long remember people who have mis mistreated treated them and plainly show their resentment for a long time after they are alike endowed with a will power that Is peculiarly strong and they like to have their onn way this trait has haa earned for them the reputation of be inz ini balky obstreperous and obstinate the donkey has a mouth that Is lined with very tough skin so that lie he can live on vegetable fare that would probably kill hill a les less hardy ani mal es he can ri masticate thoroughly both the mule ind and the donkey can live aa rough food on which it horse would starve to death each eats considerably less than a horse in european ind find asiatic countries and in fact in nit all countries where there Is much mountainous territory a great teat part piu t of the commerce is s dependent upon the donkey the hardy little animal can carry a load of unbelievable weight with apparent ease and little discomfort caravans of them will mill start on oa a long trip over the alie mountains heavily loaded with merchandise for till all parts of the world over the mountains and down to a seaport he will carry his burden there the carso cargo of spices camphor and what not is loaded on oil ships and arned to the four corners of tile the earth |
