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over the hedge, I heard him say — " Da ist ! da 

 ist !" and he turned as pale as a sheet. I peeped 

 through the hedge. Sure enough "Da ist!" said 

 I to myself. There are the very two eyes ; and, 

 bless me ! what a jaw ! (I saw him making a kind 

 of half-savage grin.) I made off as fast as I could, 

 followed by the German ; who never expecting 

 anything, had come without his gun. Indeed, that 

 did not matter much, for I doubt his hitting an 

 elephant at three yards' distance. "What is it ?" 

 says Jean, " Oh, tafilaine Pete—je Vaifu." Up 

 jumps Jean, sneaking along gently, an d followed 

 by the German. But when they got to the hedge, 

 he was off, and a party running- and hallooing 

 down the Chailly road. u What a pack of fools !" 

 cried Jean. " It's all over by their stupid noise ; 

 the beast will get to Povereaz, and then — good- 

 bye ! catch him if you can.'* 



In a couple of hours they came back, " Well ; 

 what news ?" cries Jean. H Where did you leave 

 the wolf? " Par di! he has got to the middle of 

 Bovereaz" by this time, and who is to catch him 

 there ?" " Not you !" replies Jean ; w why could 

 you not go quietly to work f I could not stop these 

 wild donkeys," said Grobety ; "if they had only 

 listened to me when first we caught sight of him 

 at Bethusy, and had let me fire, I warrant you he 

 would not have been at Povereaz. But one of 

 these stupids must needs fire, and of course the 

 game was up !" " Well, it can't be helped now." 

 All went away together. Nothing happened at 

 night, and we concluded the wolf really was at 

 Povereaz. The truth, however, was, he was 

 much nearer than was expected. 



The night following, it was very fine, though 

 cold ; and I had made up my mind for a good cat 

 hunt. But Carlo, for reasons best known to him- 

 self, would not join me, being in one of his sulky 

 humors. Well ; all was closed down stairs, and 

 the German had given his usual nocturnal salute 

 to Bombyx — " Gut nacht, gnadige Herr," and had 

 gone into his room. It might have been about 

 half-past ten. I was in the field, looking out 

 for sport ; when all of a sudden I caught sight of 

 (by Jove !) nothing more nor less than the two 

 large green eyes'! I was almost bewitched, and 

 actually stood quite motionless. Fortunately the 

 brute stopped too. I turned one eye towards the 

 room. "If I could only reach there," thought 

 I," I should be safe. — Happy, fortunate, 

 Carlo !" As I was thus soliloquising, the beast 

 moved towards me. I immediately set up a howl, 

 that could only be equalled by the wolf herself. 

 Off I bolted, making a dreadful noise, to attract 

 the German's attention ; and most fortunately 

 succeeded. Hearing the noise, and knowing it 

 was no cat-hunting, he looked out of his window. 

 I was just springing into the yard, the brute 

 was close upon me ; another minute, and I should 

 be dead. .1 reached the bottom of the back stairs, 

 and tumbled up more dead than alive ; the German 

 whistling to encourage me, and waiting behind 

 the door, which he actually banged right in the 

 wolfs phiz. So close did the beast follow me ! 

 Off goes a double-barrelled gun, out of the Ger- 

 man's window. "Er ist tod ; er ist tod !" cried 

 he. The report brought Bombyx with a pair of 

 pistols, and my brother at his heels. " What's 

 the matter, Karl?" "The wolf! the wolf ! he 

 nearly caught poor Fino, 'der armer teufel,' 



but I have killed him as dead as mutton." Nobody 

 however, felt any inclination to go and verify the 

 German's assertion. We all thought it would do 

 quite as well the next morning, when H turned out 

 that he had lodged the contents of his two barrels 

 in a log of sapin that happened to be against the 

 wall. It did just as well. He had shot something. 



" Upon my word, Fino," said my ill-bred brother, 

 " if the wolf had swallowed you up, skin and all, 

 it would only have been what you deserved. 

 You have not got the prudence of a pig in you. 

 You knew the wolf was abotft ; pray, why could 

 you not keep at home ?" This was more than flesh 

 and blood could bear, Mr. Editor, and roused my 

 ire to such a degree (half dead as I was), that I 

 seized hold of him, and gave him such a shaking - 

 as he does not often get. He was just going to 

 repay me with interest, when Bombyx kicked him 

 down one pair of stairs, and myself down another; 

 and then quietly walked away, leaving us to our 

 reflections. We soon made friends ; for we were 

 very fond of each other, notwithstanding our oc- 

 casional quarrels. 



I will just remark that the wolf was tracked to 

 some "thick brushwood which grows on each side 

 of the "Vtrachere," a small rivulet that runs be- 

 tween Chailly and Bel-air, A better " shot" than 

 the German, hit him on the right place ; and after- 

 wards I had an opportunity of examining more 

 coolly the terrible jaw from which I so luckily 

 escaped. It was a noble, full-grown female, and 

 brought no little profit to its fortunate possessor. 



Convinced you will sympathise with me more 

 than my rude brother, I remain always, dear 

 Mr. Editor, your affectionate friend, 



Fino. 



Tottenham, March 15th. 



PHBENOLOGY FOR THE MILLION'. 



No. XLL— PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BRAIN. 



BY F. J. GALL, M.D. 



(Continued from Page 109.) 



We now resume the thread of our dis- 

 course — each step we take exciting still*deeper 

 interest. 



3. If the Development and the Perfection 

 of the cerebral organs has not been 

 complete, the manifestations of the re- 

 spective qualities and faculties remain 

 equally incomplete. 



Although the energy of the functions of 

 organs does not depend solely on their develop- 

 ment, but also on their excitability, we may yet 

 determine with confidence the degree of develop- 

 ment of the brain necessary to its functions. The 

 observations of all ages have established, that the 

 brain is incapable of fulfilling its destiny when its 

 bony case or the cranium has only from thirteen 

 to seventeen inches in circumference, the measure 

 being taken on the most prominent part of the 

 occiput, passing over the temples and the most 

 elevated part of the forehead. 



Willis has described the brain of a young 

 man. simple from birth : its volume hardly equals 

 the fifth part of that of an ordinary human brain. 



