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THE WOLF. 
inquiring the reason, was told that, the daj 
preceding, while he was passing in his sled^ 
the part of the forest we were then in, he h^*^ 
encountered a wolf, which w^as so daring tb^^ 
it actually sprang over the hinder part of tb^ 
sledge, and attempted to carry off a small do? 
which w'as sitting behind him. During 
journey from Tornea to Stockholm, I heai'^ 
every where of the ravages committed M 
wolves, not upon the human species or tb^ 
cattle, hut chiefly upon the peasants’ dog^' 
considerable numbers of which had been dO' 
voured. I was told that these were the fb' 
vourite prey of this animal ; and that in ordo' 
to seize upon them with the greater ease, ^ 
puts itself into a crouching posture, and bO' 
gins to play several antic tricks, to attra^' 
the attention of the poor dog, which, caugb^ 
by these seeming demonstrations of friendship' 
and fancying it to be one of his own specie®' 
from the similarity, advances towards it t*" 
