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equally derived from collie, Newfoundland, 

 and bulldog. He was a sullen, but very in- 

 telligent and determined brute, powerfully 

 built and with strong jaws, and though 

 neither as tall nor as heavy as a wolf he had 

 yet killed two of these animals single- 

 handed. One of them had come into the 

 farm-yard at night, and had taken a young 

 pig, whose squeals roused everybody. The 

 wolf loped off with his booty, the dog run- 

 ning after and overtaking him in the dark- 

 ness. The struggle was short, for the dog 

 had seized the wolf by the throat and the lat- 

 ter could not shake him off, though he made 

 the most desperate efforts, rising on his hind 

 legs and pressing the dog down with his 

 fore paws. This time the victor escaped 

 scatheless, but in his second fight, when he 

 strangled a still larger wolf, he was severely 

 punished. The wolf had seized a sheep, 

 when the dog, rushing on him, caused him 

 to leave his quarry. Instead of running he 

 turned to bay at once, taking off one of the 

 assailant's ears with a rapid snap. The dog 



