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tiped with black and bent inwards, whilst in the clog it 
is generally turned toward the left side ; the opening of 
the mouth is shorter, the jaws stronger, the teeth larger, 
and the eyes more obliquely placed than in the dog- The 
period of gestation in the Wolf is 100 days, in the dog 
only 60. 
When the females are about to bring forth, they 
search for some concealed place in the inmost recess- 
es of the forests ; after having fixed on the spot, they 
make it smooth and plain for a considerable space, by 
tearing up with their teeth all the brambles and brush- 
wood ; they then prepare a bed of moss, and bring forth 
five or six young, which the mother suckles for some 
weeks ; she then brings them mice, young hares, partridges, 
and living fowls which they at first play with, and then 
kill ; when this is done, she tears them to pieces, and gives 
a part to each of her young. 
For about six weeks they leave their den, and follow 
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the mother, who leads them abroad to some neighbour- 
ing pool to drink ; she conducts them back again, or 
when any danger is apprehended, obliges them to conceal 
themselves elsewhere. When they are attacked, she de- 
fends them with intrepidity, losing every sense of dan- 
ger, and becoming perfectly furious. She never leaves them 
till their education is finished, and they have acquired ta- 
lents for rapine. 
The Wolf w 7 as formerly a native of Britain, blit has 
been long since extirpated. The last was killed in Locha- 
ber, by Sir Ewen Cameron, of LochiVl. In the reign 
of King Edgar, Wales paid an annual tribute of 300 
Wolves heads. 
The Wolf is alarmed at the sound of a trumpet ; prefers 
leaping over a fence to entering the door of a sheep-fold; 
is poisoned by the licking vulpinus, or tree moss, and 
dreads the sight of a rope trailed along the ground. 
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