256 EXTRACTS FROM NOTE-BOOKS. CII, XXXV. 



there is a fine large wolf who shows as unmistake- 

 able signs of gratitude and pleasure at being 

 caressed as any spaniel could do. 



The wolf and dog of the Arctic regions resemble 

 each other so much in appearance as to induce 

 casual observers to suppose that they are very 

 nearly the same animal ; but, notwithstanding this 

 likeness, there seems to be the most deadly and 

 relentless warfare carried on between the two 

 animals. 



The fox has in my opinion far less right than the 

 wolf to claim affinity to the dog ; at least the rela- 

 tionship must be much more remote. 



