Note 5 — Chapter I
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Amoen. Acad., 1789, vol. 6. I do not know whether attention has been called to the curious mistake which Linnaeus makes in the course of this argument. He cites the differences between the Mule and the Hinny in illustration of his thesis, pointing out that the Mule is externally more like a horse and the Hinny more like an ass. This, he says, is because the Mule has the horse for a father, and the Hinny the ass, thus inverting the actual facts!