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if they recover from their consternation, they easily 

 escape by tearing the net to pieces. 



Wolves are found, with some variety, in almost 

 every country of the world. Those of Senegal are 

 larger and fiercer than those of Europe. In North 

 America they are small, of a dark colour, and may 

 be easily tamed. Before the introduction of Dogs, 

 the Indians made use of them in hunting the wild 

 animals of the country ; and they are still employed 

 for the same purpose in the more remote parts of 

 that vast continent. They are said to hunt in packs, 

 and run down the Deer by their scent. The ap- 

 pearance of these animals near the habitations of 

 the Indians, sometimes indicates that the Bison or 

 the Deer is at no great distance; and when any of 

 those are taken, the Wolves are rewarded with the 

 offal. Catesby affirms, that the Wolves of that 

 country have mixed with the Dogs carried thither 

 by the Europeans, and produced an intermediate 

 race. In the northern regions there are Wolves 

 entirely white, and others of a deep black. In 

 Mexico there is a variety of the Wolf, with a very 

 large head, strong jaws, and great teeth : on the 

 upper lip it has strong bristles, not unlike the softer 

 spines of the Porcupine, of a grey and white colour; 

 its ears are large and erect ; its body is ash coloured, 

 spotted with black ; on its sides there are black 

 stripes from the back downward ; its neck is fat and 

 thick, covered with a loose skin, marked with a 

 long tawny stroke ; on the breast is another of the 

 same kind ; the tail is long, and tinged in the 

 middle with tawny ; the legs and feet are striped 

 with black. It inhabits the hot parts of Mexico or 

 New Spain, is equally voracious with the European 

 Wolf, attacks cattle, and sometimes men. There 

 are no Wolves further south on the new continent. 



