WOLFE 



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WOLSELEY 



low tree or cleft in the rocks, and proving 

 upon small mammals and fowls. In winter the 

 creatures unite in packs, ranging the country 

 and attacking large game. When pressed by 

 hunger they attack travelers, and have been 

 known to enter villages and carry off children. 

 In the plains of Siberia ferocious packs trail 

 sleds for miles, often overtaking the terrified 

 and exhausted horses and attacking the trav- 

 elers. 



The wolf can be tamed, and has occasionally 

 been trained to hunt like a dog. It is more sly 

 and fierce in its attack than is the dog, but 

 lacks the latter's courage and loyalty. In the 

 United States and Canada wolves, as well as 

 many species of foxes, are raised in captivity 

 for their pelts. C.H.H. 



On page 1828 is an illustration of numerous 

 members of the dog family. 



WOLFE, JAMES (1727-1759), a British gen- 

 eral whose successful campaign at Quebec gave 

 Canada to the British Empire. He was born 

 at Westerham, in the county of Kent, Eng- 

 land, entered the army at the age of fourteen 

 and early saw 

 sen-ice in Scot- 

 land and Flan- 

 ders. Sailing to 

 America, he 

 served as briga- 

 dier - general i n 

 the Louisburg ex- 

 pedition under 

 Amherst and Bos- 

 cawen, leading 

 the foremost 

 troops in the 

 brunt of the fight. 



Quebec to-morrow." Twice wounded, he 

 fought till he was mortally wounded by a third 

 bullet, which passed through his lungs. As he 

 lay dying, some one near him called, "See! 

 They run!" "Who run?" gasped Wolfe. "The 

 enemy," was the answer. Giving one final 

 order, Wolfe said, "Now God be praised, I die 

 in peace." The battle ground bears a monu- 

 ment, on one side the simple epitaph, "Here 

 died Wolfe, victorious on the 13th of Septem- 

 ber, 1759." His gallant opponent, James Mont- 

 calm, survived him only a few hours, and the 

 same monument is a tribute to the worthy 

 Frenchman (see page 4897). 



Consult Salmon's General Wolfe; Willson's The 

 Life and Letters of James Wolfe. 



Related Subjects. The reader is referred to 

 the following articles in these volumes : 

 Canada (page 1121) Montcalm de Saint- 

 French and Indian Veran 



Wars (page 2330) Quebec, Battle of 



WOLF FISH, a savage fish of the North At- 

 lantic, so named from its ferocious habits and 

 aspect. It is grayish in color, and attains a 

 length of about five feet. The mouth is armed 

 with strong, interlocking front teeth, adapted 



GENERAL WOLFE 



Returning to England on 

 account of ill health, within a short time he was 

 requested by William Pitt to take up his com- 

 mand in America again. Raised to the rank of 

 major-general, Wolfe undertook the attack on 

 Quebec. With health shattered by internal dis- 

 ease, after disheartening failures his efforts were 

 crowned with success on the Plains of Abraham. 

 Dropping down the river in boats with muffled 

 oars his troops landed and scaled the precipitous 

 banks and were drawn up in battle array before 

 the French in Quebec were aware of their ap- 

 proach. 



It is said that Wolfe beguiled the night ap- 

 proach down the river by reciting to his officers 

 Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Church- 

 yard. When he finished there was silence till 

 Wolfe spoke solemnly, saying, "Gentlemen, I 

 would rather have written that poem than take 



THE WOLF FISH 



for crushing the mollusks and other Crustacea 

 upon which it feeds. Its flesh tastes much like 

 that of the cod, and in Iceland it is largely 

 used as food, while its strong, durable skin is 

 made into shagreen, or pressed leather, em- 

 ployed in making pouches, in bookbinding, and 

 for other purposes. The wolf fish attacks its 

 captors savagely, and unless stunned by a blow 

 is capable of inflicting damage with its strong 

 teeth. 



WOLSELEY, a village in the province of 

 Saskatchewan, near which the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway has a nursery containing three-quar- 

 ters of a million trees. The town is on the 

 main line of that railroad, between Brandon 

 and Regina, and is the terminus of a branch 

 line to Reston. Population, 1911, 961; in 

 1917 (estimated) 1,050. 



WOLSELEY, woolz'li, GARNET JOSEPH, Vis- 

 count (1833-1913), a British field marshal, born 

 in County Dublin, Ireland. Entering the army 



