woopcock.]| | NATURAL HISTORY. 351 
she presently dieth. The sea-onion of all other things is 
hateful to a Wolf, and by treading on it his leg falleth 
into a cramp; the Wolf is an enemy to the fox and turtle, 
and in their absence from their nests, they leave this onion 
in the mouth thereof, as a sure guard to keep their young 
ones from the Wolf. A she-Wolf the: first year littereth’ 
one whelp, the second year two, the third year three, and 
so observeth the same proportion unto nine, after which 
she groweth barren; and when she bringeth her young ones 
to the water, if any of them lap water like a dog, him. 
she rejecteth as unworthy of her parentage, but those which 
suck their water like a swine, or bite at it like a bear, 
them she taketh to her, and nourisheth very carefully. Ot 
dogs and Wolves cometh the panther, of the hyena and 
the Wolf come the Thoes, and the hyena itself seemeth 
to be compounded of a Wolf and a fox. The skin of a 
Wolf being tasted of those which are bit of a mad or 
ravenous dog doth preserve them from the fear or hazard 
of falling into water. If any labouring or travelling man 
doth wear the skin of a Wolf about his feet, his shoes 
shall never pain or trouble him. He which doth eat the 
skin of a Wolf well tempered and sodden will keep him 
from all evil dreams, and cause him to take his rest quietly. 
The teeth of a Wolf being rubbed upon the gums of young 
infants doth open them whereby the teeth may the easier 
come forth. Topsell, ‘‘Four-footed Beasts,” pp. 568-84. 
Ir any man bind the right eye of a Wolf on his right 
sleeve, neither men nor dogs can hurt him. 
Albertus Magnus, “ Of the Virtues of Animals.” 
Woodbine. 
Mucu Avo asout Notuina, iii, 1, 30. 
‘[Honeysuckle ; but in “ Midsummer Night’s Dream,” iv. 1, 47, 
Nares thinks it is used for bindweed or convolvulus.] : 
Woodcock. 
O this woodcock ! what an ass it is! 
TaMING OF THE SHREW, 1. 2. 
Tut Woodcock strives to hide his long bill, and then 
thinks nobody sees him. 
Dean Swift, “Polite Conversation,” dialogue i, 
[Jonston, “Natural History of Birds,” ch. iv. (1657), says that 
it was popularly supposed to be without gall. 
