WOLF, | NATURAL HISTORY. 349 
Men in ancient time did fasten upon the gates of their 
towns the heads of Wolves,—thereby to put away witchery, 
sorcery or enchantment. Which many hunters observes or 
do at this day, but to what use they know not. 
Lupton, “ Notable Things,” bk. iii. § 5. 
Ir the tail of a Wolf be buried or put in the ground 
of any town or village, no Wolf will enter in that town 
or village. Ibid., § 20. 
Ir one make a little rope of the guts of a Wolf, and 
then bury the same under the sand or earth, there will 
neither horse nor sheep go that way, though you beat 
them with a staff. Ibid. bk. ix. § 98. 
Tuey say there is antipathy between Wolves, and squill- 
roots. Camden's “ Britannia,” col. 907 (ed. 1722). 
Tue Wolves of Scanzia, by reason of extremity of cold 
in those parts, are blind and lose their eyes. The golden 
Wolf is exceeding strong, especially being able with his 
mouth and teeth to bite asunder not only stones but brass 
and iron. In the Dog-days he hideth himself in some pit 
or gaping of the earth, until that sunny heat be abated. 
There be some have thought that dogs and Wolves are 
one kind: namely that vulgar dogs are tame Wolves, and 
ravening Wolves are wild dogs. But Scaliger hath learnedly 
confuted this opinion, shewing that they are two distinct 
kinds, not joined together in nature, nor in any natural 
action. The brains of a Wolf do decrease and increase 
with the moon. The neck of a Wolf is short which 
argueth a treacherous nature. If the heart of a Wolf be 
kept dry, it rendereth a most pleasant or sweet-smelling 
savour. They will go into the water two by two, every 
one hanging upon another’s tail, which they take in their 
mouths, Wolves do also eat a kind of earth called 4rgilla, 
which they do not for hunger, but to make their bellies 
weigh heavy, to the intent, that when they set upon an 
horse, an ox, a hart, an elk, or some such strong beast, 
they may hang fast at their throats till they have pulled 
them down, for by virtue of that tenacious earth, their teeth 
are sharpened, and the weight of their bodies increased ; 
but when they have killed the beast before they touch 
