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out the entrails of his victim, and then devours the 

 heart, liver, lungs, &c. His bite is cruel and deadly, 

 and so keen that he usually brings away with him 

 the piece of flesh into which he has fastened his 

 fangs. The strength of his neck and jaws is so 

 great, that it is said he can carry a sheep in his 

 mouth and run off with it. When not pressed with 

 hunger, however, his courage is but small ; he does 

 not willingly encounter a man, and even a bell about 

 the neck of a sheep will be sufficient to deter him 

 from the assault. 



Yet with all his ferocity, the Wolf is capable of as 

 ardent and as enduring an affection as his more 

 honoured relative the Dog. M. F. Cuvier narrates 

 an instance, in which a Wolf, " brought up as a 

 young dog, became familiar with every person whom 

 he was in the habit of seeing, and in particular fol- 

 lowed his master everywhere, evincing evident cha- 

 grin at his absence, obeying his voice, and shewing 

 a degree of submission scarcely differing in any re- 

 spect from that of the most thoroughly domesticated 

 dog. His master, being obliged to be absent for a 

 time, presented his pet to the Menagerie du Roi, 

 where the animal, confined in a den, continued dis- 

 consolate, and would scarcely take his food ; at 

 length, however, his health returned, he became 

 attached to his keepers, and appeared to have for- 

 gotten all his former affection ; when, after eighteen 

 months, his master returned. At the first word he 

 uttered, the Wolf, who had not perceived him 

 amongst the crowd, recognised him, exhibited the 



