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is left at the top of the bank ; and a Sheep that has been 

 long dead, is the bait ; to which he is allured by long 

 trains, made from different places where he is known to 

 haunt. As foon as he arrives at the fpot, he examines 

 every part of the inclofure ; and finding no other way 

 to come at the booty, he precipitates himfelf to the bot- 

 tom ; and having made a plentiful meal, endeavours in 

 vain to reafcend. His difappointment at not being able 

 to get back is productive of the moft dreadful howlings, 

 which alarm his enemies ; and they either take him alive, 

 or difpatch him with bludgeons. It is remarkable, that 

 when this animal finds there is no poffibility of efcaping, 

 his courage entirely forfakes him ; and he is for fome 

 time fo ftupified with fear, that he maybe killed without 

 offering to refift, or taken alive without much danger. — ■ 

 Wolves are fometimes taken in ftrong nets, into which 

 they are driven by the hunters, who furround a large 

 tracl: of land, and with drums, horns, and other inftru- 

 ments, accompanied with loud cries from a large compa- 

 ny aiTembled upon the occafion, drive the animals to- 

 wards the entrance of the nets ; where they are entan- 

 gled, and killed with clubs and hatchets. Great care 

 mud be taken to fecure them at firft : If they recover 

 from their confirmation, they eafily efcape by tearing the 

 net to pieces. 



Wolves are found, with fome variety, in almoft every 

 country of the world. Thofe of Senegal are larger and 

 fiercer than thofe of Europe. — In North- America, they 

 are fmall, of a dark colour, and may be eafily tamed. 

 Before the introduction of Dogs, the favages made ufe 

 of them in hunting the wild animals of the country ; and 

 they are ftill employed for the fame purpofe in the more 



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