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NATURAL HISTORY. 
140. M. De Buffon reared some wolves, which 
were very docile, and even courteous, during the 
first year, and, when properly fed, they did not even 
attempt to touch the poultry, or other animals ; but 
when they attained to the age of eighteen months, he 
found it necessary to chain them to prevent their 
doing mischief. 
141. One was allowed to range at large among 
the fowls, and never seized any of them till he was 
nineteen months old, when, as k specimen of what 
he could do, he killed the whole in one night, with- 
out eating any of them. Another broke his chain 
and ran away, but not till he had killed a dog, with 
whom he had been very familiar. 
THE FOX. 
142. The Fox is found in almost every part of 
the world. He is less in size than the wolf, not 
being more than two feet three inches in length. 
His tail is more bushy, his nose smaller, and his hair 
much softer. 
143. The Fox has ever been famous for his cun- 
What is related of some Wolves raised by Buffon ? 
Where is the Fox found ? How does he compare with the wolf 
in size ? What has he always been famous for ? 
