WOLF. 
great caution. Throughout France, according 
to Pennant, the peasants are ohliged nightly to 
house their flocks. They destroy Wolves by 
dogs, pit-falls, traps, or poison; and, when one 
is killed, the head is carried through the vil^ 
lages, and a small reward collected from the 
inhabitants. The hunters clothe their dogs, 
and guard their necks with spiked collars, to 
preserve them from the terribly large and 
sharp teeth of these animals. 
The Wolf inhabits the Continents of Eu- 
rope, Asia, and America; including Kamts- 
chatka, and even as high as the Ar6lic Circle. 
It is unknown in Africa ; notwithstanding what 
is Said by M. Adanson, and other naturalists, 
particularly among the French, who have mis- 
taken it for the hyaena. 
This destructive animal once greatly in- 
fested Elngland; till King i'xlgar, by com- 
muting the punishment of ceitain crimes into 
the acceptance of a number of Wolves tongues 
from each criminal, soon diminished the breed. 
It was not, however, quite extirpated: for, 
some centuries after, Wolves had again 
increased 
