88 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
Photo by L. Medland, F.Z.S.] 
INDIAN WOLF 
This photograph shows the Indian wolf alarmed. It hasa 
reputation for stealing children as well as killing cattle 
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Some years ago experiments were made at the 
Regent's Park Zoological Gardens to ascertain if there 
were any foundation for the old legends that wolves 
feared the sound of stringed instruments such as the 
violin. Every one will remember the story of the 
fiddler pursued by wolves. It.is said that as the pack 
overtook him he broke a string of his instrument, and 
that the sudden noise of the parting cord caused the 
pack to stand still for a minute, and so enabled him to 
reach a tree, which he climbed. Further, that when 
he improved on the hint so given, and played his fiddle, 
the wolves all sat still; when he left off, they leapt up 
and tried to reach him. Experiments with the Zoo 
wolves showed that there was no doubt whatever that 
the low minor chords played on a violin cause the 
greatest fear and agitation in wolves, both European 
and Indian. The instrument was first played behind — 
the den of an Indian wolf, and out of sight. At the 
first sound the wolf began to trembie, erected its fur, dropped its tail between its legs, and crept. 
uneasily across its den. As the sound grew louder and more intense, the wolf trembled so violently, 
and showed such physical evidence of being dominated by excessive fright, that the keeper begged. 
that the experiment might be discontinued, or the creature would have a fit. A large European 
wolf is described in “Life at the Zoo” as having exhibited its dislike of the music in a 
Photo by Ottomar Anschiitx] 
WOLF’S HEAD 
A very fine study of the head, jaws, and teeth of a female wolf, The head of the male is brought up at a large country 
much larger 
different way. It set up all its. 
fur till it looked much larger 
| than its ordinary size,and drew 
back its lips until all the white 
teeth protruding from the red. 
gums were shown. It kept. 
silent till the violin-player 
approached it; then it flew at 
him with a ferocious growl, 
and tried to seize him. 
There are instances of 
wolves having been quite suc- 
cessfully tamed, and develop- 
ing great affection for their 
owners. They are certainly 
more dog-like than any fox ;. 
yet even the fox has been 
tamed so far as to become a 
domesticated animal for the 
lifetime of one particular indi- 
vidual. An extraordinary 
instance of this was lately 
given in Country Life, witha 
a photograph of the fox. It 
was taken when a cub, and 
house with a number of dogs.. 
