138 THE WOLVES. 



by Buffon, disclose the usual disposition of wolves, 

 yet when taken young and under judicious treat- 

 ment, the females at least are not only tameable, 

 but actually evince considerable attachment. It is, 

 however, only attachment, not domesticity; the 

 spirit of savage nature still remains, and the whole 

 result is no more than what has been seen e£Pected 

 with lions and other large felinae; although these 

 have less natural intelligence and possess the con- 

 sciousness of greater physical power. 



Monsieur Frederick Cuvier cites an instance of 

 a wolf in whom the sentiment of affection existed 

 in a very remarkable degree. It refers to one 

 brought up like a dog, that became familiar with 

 every person he was in the habit of seeing. He 

 would follow his master, seemed to suffer from his 

 absence, evinced entire submission, and differed not 

 in manners from the tamest domestic dog. The 

 master being obliged to travel, made a present of 

 him to the Royal Menagerie at Paris. Here, shut 

 up in his compartment, the animal remained for 

 many weeks without exhibiting the least gaiety, 

 tnd almost without eating. He gradually, however, 

 recovered; he attached himself to his keeper, and 

 seemed to have forgotten all his past affections, 

 when his master returned after an absence of 

 eighteen months. At the very first word which he 

 pronounced, the wolf, who did not see him in the 

 crowd, instantly recognised him, and testified his 

 joy by his motions and his cries. Being set at 

 liberty, he overwhelmed his old friend with < 



