THE wolf is found throughout Europe, Asia, and North 

 America ; but it is more especially in mountain and forest 

 districts that it prevails, where the population is scanty, and 

 with a wide country around destitute of human dwellings. So 

 suspicious and cautious is this animal, that it is extremely 

 difficult to take in traps. In the provinces of France that 

 are infested with them, there exist "Wolf Societies," which 

 pay a price on every animal killed, varying in amount, ac- 

 cording to its sex and age ; but they have not been able to 

 extirpate them. 



The wolf stands about two feet and a half high, and has 

 great power in the head, neck, and shoulders; its bite is 

 terrible, cutting out the flesh with a snap. 

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