THE DOG FAMILY 87 
of the Alps, gives a curious account of the assemblage of wolves in Switzerland in 1799. They 
had, as it is mentioned above, followed the armies from Russia. Having tasted human flesh, they 
preferred it to all other, and even dug up the corpses. The Austrian, French, and Russian 
troops penetrated in 1799 into the highest mountain valleys of Switzerland, and fought sangui- 
nary battles there. Hundreds of corpses were left on the mountains and in the forests, which 
acted as bait’ to the wolves, which were not destroyed for some years. 
Wolves will interbreed with dogs readily, which the red fox will not. The progeny do not 
bark, but howl. The Eskimo cross their dogs with wolves to give them strength. 
[Berlin 
WOLF OF THE CARPATHIANS 
This wolf is a shorter and more heavily built specimen than the Russian wolf on the previous page 
