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during his gambols with the children he might injure them 

 with his claws, which were very sharp ; or that if by acci- 

 dent he found blood upon the children, he might feel in- 

 clined to do them injury, determined on having him tied up. 

 But he nevertheless often went loose with me when I took a 

 walk. 



" He had his kennel in the lower yard near to the gate ; 

 and in the winter time, when the peasants came with char- 

 coal, he would leap on to the stone fence, where he would 

 wag his tail and whine until they came up to him and patted 

 him. At such times he was always desirous of searching their 

 pockets that he might ascertain if they had anything good to 

 eat about them. The men became so accustomed to this, 

 that they used to amuse themselves by putting a piece of 

 bread in their coat-pockets to let him find it out, which he 

 perfectly well understood, and he eat all that they gave him. 

 Besides this he eat three bowls of food daily. It was 

 remarkable that our dogs used to eat with him out of the 

 same bowl ; but if any strange animal attempted to share the 

 food with him he would go beside himself with rage. When- 

 ever he saw me in the yard he kept up a dreadful noise, and 

 when I went up to his kennel he would raise himself on 

 his hind legs and place his forepaws on rny shoulders, and 

 in the exuberance of his delight would lick me ; but when 

 I left him he would howl with sorrow. 



" One day a fox was shot. Bedoire having fastened a 

 rope round the carcase gave it to the wolf, who received it 

 with much gratification, and drew it along with him into his 

 kennel. But when Bedoire pulled at the rope, with the 

 intention of taking it from him again, the wolf held his prey 

 with such tenacity that both were drawn out of the kennel 



