04 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Stupefaction of the wolf when ensnared. 



to catch the bait; and while the animals are thus 

 employed, they dispatch them with their fire-arms. 



It is remarkable, that as soon as the wolf finds 

 himself ensnared, and sees no possibility of 

 escape, his courage entirely forsakes him, and he 

 is for some time so stupified with fear, that he 

 may be either killed or taken alive, without diffi- 

 culty; and at that moment an individual may 

 muzzle him, and lead him along like a dog; his 

 consternation seeming to extinguish his ferocity 

 and resentment. 



Instances have sometimes occurred, of a wolf 4 

 and a peasant being both snared in a pitfal, 

 when the former was so completely stupified by 

 the sense of his captivity, that he made no at- 

 tempt to injure the peasant; who, however, must 

 have been truly thankful when delivered from so 

 formidable a companion. 



In the northern parts of the world, wolves 

 sometimes get on the ice of the sea, during the 

 spring, in quest of the young seals, which lie 

 there asleep. This repast, however, frequently 

 proves fatal to them ; for the ice, detached from 

 the shore, carries them to a considerable distance 

 from the land before they are sensible of it ; and 

 instances have occurred, of a large district being, 

 by this means, delivered from those pernicious 

 animals. 



The female wolf goes with young about three 

 months and a half: and when she is about to bring 



