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The Wolf, saj^s BufFon, is one of those animals, whose 
carniverous appetite is the strongest *, though he has re- 
ceived from nature the means of gratifying his taste, 
though she has bestowed on him arms, craftiness, strength, 
and agility, yet he often dies of hunger. He is natu- 
rally dastardly, but want makes him ingenious, and ne- 
cessity gives him courage. When pressed with famine, 
he attacks those animals that are under the protection of 
man. He retires during the day to his den, but issues 
forth in the night, and with dreadful ferocity puts every 
living creature to death before he chuses to depart. He 
sometimes attacks women, children, and even man him- 
self, till becoming furious by excessive exertions, he fre- 
quently falls a sacrifice to pure rage and distraction. The 
Wolf is extremely disagreeable, his^asjject is savage, his 
voice dreadful, his disposition perverse, and his manners 
ferocious ; he is destructive and odious while living, and 
when dead, there is nothing valuable but his skin, which 
affords a warm and comfortable fur. 
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