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in the gambols, and is carried off by its 
^acherous enemy. Several peasants that I 
^^•^versed with mentioned their having been 
^y^'Witnesses of this circumstance.” 
Notwithstanding the savage ferocity of the 
a few instances of his having been tamed 
^*■0 on record. Buffon brought up one, which 
?'^ained very quiet and docile till about 
^^giiteen months old, when he broke his fet- 
and ran off, after killing a number of 
''is and a dog, with which he had lived in 
§featest familiarity. Sir Ashton Lever 
had a tame wolf, which, by proper educa- 
Was entirely divested of the natural fe- 
®^ty of l^is species. M. de Candolle, the 
j ^“I’ated naturalist of Geneva, in one of his 
on the subject of the changes which 
® place in animals when under the do- 
^ '^lon of man, related that a lady residing 
to^ ^^''ova had a tame wolf, which appeared 
® S'S strongly attached to his mistress as a 
