WOLF. 
bad, that it is reje6ied with abhorrence by all 
other quadrupeds ; and no animal, but a Wolf, 
will voluntarily eat a Wolf. The smell of it's 
breath is exceedingly offensive: for, to ap- 
. pease it's ravenous appetite, it swallows what- 
ever it can find ; putrid flesh, bones, hair, 
skins half tanned and covered with lime, 
and even mud. It vomits often; and emp- 
ties itself more frequentlv than it fills. In 
short, the ^V"olf is consummately disagreea- 
ble. It's aspecl is base and savage, it's voice 
<lreadful, it's odour insupportable, it's disposi- 
tion perverse, and it's manners are ferocious : 
it is odious and destru6bive, while Iking ; and, 
when dead, almost perfectly useless. 
Pontcppidan, in his Historv of Nc^r^.vav, 
risserts that "Wolves were unknown in that 
country till the year 1713; when, during the 
last war with Sweden, the Wolves passcil tht; 
mountains, by following the provisions uf tlie 
armv. 'Jlicy certainly have been known to 
follow armies ; and even come in troops to 
the field of battle, where bodies are carelessly 
intorrcd, tearing them up, and devouring tbera 
with an insatiable avidity. 
