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Instances of temporary docility. 



wolves arc exhibited as spectacles to the people, 

 When young, they are taught to dance, or rather 

 to perform a sort of wrestling with a number of 

 men ; and Chardin observes, that a wolf well edu- 

 cated in dancing, is worth five hundred French 

 crowns. The Comte de BufYon, who brought up 

 several of them, informs us, that during the first 

 year, they are docile and even caressing; and, if 

 well fed, they will neither injure poultry nor any 

 other animals : but when they are about eighteen 

 months or two years old, they begin to exhibit 

 symptoms of their natural ferocity; and, unless 

 chained, they are apt to run off, and commit 

 some depredations. He brought up one in a 

 court yard, along with a number of fowls, till it 

 was about nineteen months old ; and during that 

 time the poultry remained uninjured; but soon 

 afterward the wolf killed the whole in one night, 

 though he did not devour any of them. 



A wolf, now in the Tower of London, was sent 

 as a present from a Spanish admiral to Lord St. 

 Vincent, with a flag of truce, at the time his 

 lordship was blockading Cadiz. The animal 

 being then young, was permitted to run about 

 the cabin, and used to pick up the crumbs under 

 his noble owner's table, exactly like a dog. About 

 six years ago, Lord St. Vincent presented him to 

 the king; and since his residence in the royal 

 menagerie, a bull bitch has been introduced to 

 his den, which has produced three puppies, one 

 mule and two females, bearing strong character- 



