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sity. When pressed with hunger, he braves dan- 

 ger, and comes to attack those animals which are 

 under the protection of man, particularly such as 

 he can readily carry away ; lambs, sheep, or even 

 dogs themselves, for all animal food becomes then 

 equally agreeable. When this excursion has suc- 

 ceeded, he often returns to the charge, until hav- 

 ing been wounded, or hard pressed by the dogs 

 or the shepherds, he hides himself by day in the 

 thickest coverts, and only ventures out at night : 

 he then sallies forth over the country, keeps 

 peering round the villages, carries off such animals 

 as are not under protection, attacks the sheep- 

 folds, scratches up and undermines the thresholds 

 of doors where they are housed, enters furious, 

 and destroys all before he begins to fix upon and 

 carry off his prey. When these sallies do not suc- 

 ceed, he then returns to the thickest part of the 

 forest, content to pursue those smaller animals, 

 which, even when taken, afford him but a scanty 

 supply. He there goes regularly to work, follows 

 by the scent, opens to the view, still keeps fol- 

 lowing, hopeless himself of overtaking the prey, 

 but expecting that some other wolf will come in 

 to his assistance, and then content to share the 

 spoil. At last, when his necessities are very ur- 

 gent, he boldly faces certain destruction ; he at- 

 tacks women and children, and sometimes ven- 

 tures even to fall upon men, becomes furious by 

 his continual agitations, and ends his life in mad- 

 ness. 



The wolf, as well externally as internally, so 

 nearly resembles the dog, that he seems model- 



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