Domestic equine hybrid between a male donkey and female horse

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A clothed man and mule perform various tricks involving clothing, a hand-bell, bottle, chair and table. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A forest of doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica) in French Sudan, with a travelling group of men and horses. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

A clothed man gets off a mule and tries various ways to force the animal to move without success. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A mule kicks its hind legs. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Bacchus carried on a chariot pulled by leopards, accompanied by a drunken procession of bacchants and satyrs, with Silenus and two elephants. Etching by P. Aquila after P. Berrettini da Cortona, 16--.

A lakeside village scene with lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra cv. Italica) growing by the water's edge. Lithograph after G. Barnard, 1848.

The mule litter ambulance used at the battle of Mt. Dajo in the Philippines / by William N. Armiger (late of the sixth United States Infantry).

Interior of a posada with men smoking and playing cards as others and a mule rest nearby. Coloured lithograph after J. F. Lewis, 1836.

A street scene in Cairo with a street seller at work. Coloured lithograph by J. C. Bourne, c. 1840, after O. B. Carter.

A clothed man tries various ways to force a mule to move without success. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Two drovers walking with their packed mules through a forest at night. Line engraving by J. Couché after a design attributed to A. Allegri, il Correggio.

Robert Edwards riding on a mule. Etching by J. Ward, 1811.

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Mules

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Robert Edwards riding on a mule. Etching by J. Ward, 1811.

A street scene in Cairo with a street seller at work. Coloured lithograph by J. C. Bourne, c. 1840, after O. B. Carter.

A lakeside village scene with lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra cv. Italica) growing by the water's edge. Lithograph after G. Barnard, 1848.

A forest of doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica) in French Sudan, with a travelling group of men and horses. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Bacchus carried on a chariot pulled by leopards, accompanied by a drunken procession of bacchants and satyrs, with Silenus and two elephants. Etching by P. Aquila after P. Berrettini da Cortona, 16--.