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lias conferred on mankind by his life-long investiga- 

 tions into the causes of many deadly disorders, has 

 taught us much about the nature of hydrophobia, 

 which enables the physicians to treat the malady 

 with greater chance of success. 



Wolves. 



]Volves, which closely resemble dogs but are 

 larger, were once wild in Britain. They still live in 

 Germany, Austria and Russia, and a few survive in 

 France. Edgar in the tenth century diligently 

 strove to free England from these dangerous beasts, 

 "by levying fines of so many wolves' heads instead of 

 gold or silver and by forgiving certain crimes on the 

 payment of a number of wolves' tongues. William 

 of Malmesbury, in his ' Chronicle of the Kings of 

 England,' says that Edgar commanded Judwall, King 

 of the Welsh, to pay him a yearly tribute of 300 

 wolves. This he did for three years but omitted in 

 the fourth, declaring there were no more. But the 

 wolf was not finally exterminated from England 

 until the reign of Henry VII, between 1485 and 1509. 

 During the twelfth century wolves abounded in the 

 New Forest, and wolf hunting, which was considered 

 a royal sport, took place in the month of January, 

 which, in consequence, was called Wolf Monat or 

 Wolf Month. 



We find in Hazlitt's ' Tenures of Land' a quotation 

 from Harl. MS. Brit. Mus. No. 34, p. 166, as follows : 



" Alan, son and heir of Walter de Wulfhunte, 

 made fine with the King by two shillings and four- 



