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together ; and even then he only let go his hold of the 

 carcase with the loss of two of his front teeth. As, however, 

 these were his temporary teeth, others came in their place 

 in about three weeks afterwards. We had him for a year, 

 but as he was rather expensive to keep, and howled greatly at 

 night, Bedoire determined on shooting him. 



" The gardener, and the poetaster Malmberg, were his 

 Baneman, or executioners. And it was not without sorrow 

 that I saw him led to the garden his first asylum where 

 he met his doom. 



"The wolf presented to M. af Uhr, singularly enough, 

 shared his kennel with one of that gentleman's dogs. The 

 latter lay along with him every night ; and when meat 

 was given him to eat, he never could find it in his heart to 

 devour the whole of it, but carried a portion to the wolf, 

 who always received it with friendly gesticulation. And it 

 happened not unfrequently that the wolf rewarded his friend 

 the dog in a similar manner. 



" Of the female wolf I have nothing to relate ; but I have 

 heard it said she was very ill-tempered and ferocious." 



Having at different times reared wolves myself, I can, in 

 part at least, corroborate Mrs. Bedoire's very interesting 

 account as to the docility of those beasts when in confine- 

 ment. I say in part, for having pea-fowl, &c., about the 

 premises, I never ventured to give my wolves that degree of 

 liberty wTiich the one that lady more particularly speaks of 

 enjoyed, whilst under her protection. While being handled, 

 however, they were perfectly harmless ; and, so far as myself 

 and people were concerned, never evinced vice of any 

 kind. 



At one time, indeed, I had serious thoughts of training a 



