136 THE W0LTE8. 



rally repel the attack, killing one or more of the 

 enemy. Single horses fight a wolf hy striking with 

 the fore-feet. 



Much of the ubiquity of the species ia the north- 

 em hemisphere may be ascribed to its habit of fol- 

 lowing the more collective mo^ ements of man ; for, 

 allured by the scent of slaughter, by the numerous 

 dead horses always left along the lines of operations 

 of armies, wolves are known to follow in the rear to 

 feed upon the carrion; and in India, there have 

 been instances when they actually mixed with the 

 train of attendants and carried off unguarded chil- 

 dren. At other times they have attacked videttes, 

 particularly in winter. During the last campaign 

 of the French armies in the vicinity of Vienna, the 

 Moniteur mentioned several of the outposts thus 

 molested, and the videttes carried off, when a dead 

 wolf, and pieces of clothing, shewed what kind of 

 enemy had been encountered. After the rout of 

 the grand army in Russia, wolves of the Siberian 

 race followed the Russians through Poland and 

 Germany to the borders of the Rhine. Specimens 

 killed in the vicinity, and easily distinguished from 

 the native breed, are still preserved in the museums 

 of Neuwied, Frankfort, Cassel, &c. 



Wolves still commit such enormous depredations 

 on the property of the most civilized nations of con- 

 tinental Europe, and even destroy so many human 

 lives, that it is deeply to be regretted there are 

 states with immense standing armies, including 

 whole corps of riflemen, who have never thought of 



