WOLF. 
only goes sixty; the Wolf living twenty years, 
and the Dog but fifteen: are considered, by 
Buffon, and others, as forming a distin^lion, 
and drawing a line, which must for ever keep 
them asunder. Catesby, however, declares 
that thev intermix ; and that tamed Wolves 
were the only original Dogs of America. 
The Wolf, from the tip of the nose to the 
insertion of the tail, is commonly about three 
feet seven inches long, and about two teet £ve 
inches high ; while our great breed of mastiffs 
seldom exceed three feet by two. It's hair, in 
general, is a union of black, brown, and grev, 
extremely rough and hard, but mixed towards 
the roots with a sort of fur of an asli-colour. 
Pennant says, that il has *' a long head; 
pointed nose; curs cre61: and sharp ; tail bushv, 
bending down, and the tip black; long legged; 
hair pretty long; teeth large; head and neck 
cinereous ; bodv generally pale brown, tinged 
with yellow; sometimes white; sometimes 
black ; and taller than a large greyhound.'* 
Ill comparing the Wolf with any of our 
Dogs— 
