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fter like a dog. But, in the fecond year, he 

 committed fo many excefles that it was necefla- 

 ry to kill hin, I learned by experience, that 

 thefe animals, though foftened by education, re- 

 fume, with age, their natural ferocity. Willing 

 to prevent thefe inconveniences, I kept my fhe- 

 wolf always confined along with the dog ; and 

 I acknowledge that this method of procurino- an 

 union between them was ill imagined ; for, in 

 this ftate of flavery and difguft, the difpofitions 

 of -the wolf, inllead of being foftened, were 

 foured to fuch a degree, that flie was more fe- 

 rocious than if Ihe had been at full liberty ; and 

 the dog, having been early detached from his 

 equals, and from the fociety of men, had alTu- 

 med a lavage and cruel charader, which the bad 

 humour of the wolf ferved only to augment ; 

 fo that, during the two laft years, their antipa- 

 thy rofe to fuch a degree, that they defircd no- 

 thing fo much as to devour each other. In the 

 experiment made by the Marquis de Spontin, 

 every circumftance was reverfed. The dog was 

 in his ordinary condition : He had all the mild- 

 nefs and other qualities which this docile animal 

 acquires by his intcrcourfe with man. The wolf 

 was likewife reared in perfeiH: freedom and fa- 

 miliarity along with the dog, which, by being 

 under no reftraint, had loft his repugnance to 

 her ; and fhe, by the fame mild management, 

 became fufccptible of attachment to him. She, 

 therefore, received him with cordiality, whenever 



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