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consignment note, but refused to shew it ; upon which I warned 
him not to destroy it, and told him the present application would 
be made.” G. Trew, 26, said he was called to look at the sheep, 
and found them in a very bad state ; they had the “ scab,” and 
some of them had the wool off*, while others were scarcely able to 
stand. He helped to take them to the Ram-yard, and examined 
them ; and, from their appearance, he should say they had had the 
small-pox, and some of them were still labouring under that dis- 
ease. Mr. Nice, the veterinary surgeon, was called ; and, after 
examining them, he said they were totally unfit for food, and were 
still labouring under the disease of small-pox. Alderman Carden 
said it was no wonder that legs and shoulders of mutton were sold 
so extraordinarily cheap when sheep could be purchased for little 
or nothing. He therefore ordered that the thirty-eight sheep should 
be destroyed, and that summonses should be taken out against Mr. 
Geer for sending the sheep, and against Mr. Hill to produce the 
consignment note on Tuesday next. The usual order was then 
made out for the destruction of the sheep, and handed to the 
officers. 
Wolf Hunting. 
Mr. Masson tells us that he got a cub only fifteen days old ; that 
he reared him on dry bread and soupe maigre; that he had him for 
two years ; that he hunted with the dogs, and barked, and imi- 
tated them in giving tongue, and never shewed the least disposition 
to do mischief. When wolves once taste human flesh, they become 
perfectly ferocious, and will ever afterwards attack a man when 
they meet one alone. They pass by the flock and fly at the shep- 
herd. The Italian wolves are remarkably fond of asses. It is 
strange that they do not rise en masse , and possess themselves of 
the town of Bologna, it being a well-known fact that the much- 
esteemed Bologna sausages are all made of that patient and very 
ill-treated animal. 
Extraordinary Anecdote of a Fox. 
Lately, a fine male fox made his appearance among a flock of 
lambs belonging to a widow, at Owthone, near Putrington, in Hol- 
derness, and became so much attached to one of the lambs that he 
could not be driven away. The most extraordinary part of the 
affair is, however, the fact that the lamb also declined to be parted 
from its strange companion; and now the pair are seen daily, seldom 
far from each other . — Hull Packet . 
