the wolf. 
that are before. The wolves then descend at 
leisure and feast on the mangled carcases.” 
The wolves of the arctic regions bear so 
strong a resemblance to the dogs of the 
quimaux, that, notwithstanding their mutual 
antipathy, the latter are regarded by soiB^ 
naturalists as a race of domesticated wolveS' 
Captain Parry, in the Journal of his Second 
Voyage, relates, that “a flock of thirteen wolveS. 
the flrst yet seen, crossed the ice in the bay from 
the direction of the huts, and passed near tha 
s ips. These animals had accompanied, of 
closely followed the Esquimaux on their jour- 
ney to the island the preceding day ; and the)' 
proved to us the most troublesome part of 
their suite. They so much resemble the Es- 
quimaux dogs, that, had it not been for some 
doubt among the officers who had seen them, 
whether they were so or not, and the con- 
sequent fear of doing these poor people an 
irreparable injury, we might have killed most 
