"WOLF. 
A^'hen the last presentment for killing Wolves, 
IS related, in Smith's History of Cork, to have 
been made in that country, 
- These animals, which the vast forests on 
the Continent of Europe will probably always 
preserve, except pressed by extreme hunger, 
commonly fly from man i but, when once 
they have tasted human blood, they appear to 
give it the preference: " such," -says Pennant, 
** were the Wolves of the Gevaudan, of 
which so many strange tales were told. Th.e 
French peasants call these, Loups Garoux ; 
and suppose them to be possessed wiih som.e 
evil spirit. Such was the Were Wulf of the 
old Saxon." 
When the Wolf is wounded with a buHct, 
it cries ; but, while dispatc'nlng with a blud- 
f^eon, according to BufFon, ne^'cr complains'. 
It is a very 'Any snd suspicious animal, and is 
faid ta avoid cattle tied by a rape ; but, on 
fallniij!; into a snare, such is it's terror, that it 
may be killed, or taken alive, without resist- 
ance. It allows itself to be chained, muzzled, 
and led about, without exhibiting the smallest 
r.vniptom of resentment or discontent, 
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