THE WOLF. 
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animals had so much increased in 
er in the reign of Edward I. that this 
^^ouai-pjj issued a mandate to Peter Corbet to 
^ their destruction : and in the county 
th certain persons held their lands by 
Wh‘ ^'^’^ting and destroying the wolves 
^ ^'^h infested the country ; whence this te- 
last^ called wolve-hunt. In Scotland, the 
^as killed in the latter end of the 
j , ^^ntury by Sir Ewen Cameron ; and in 
till entirely extirpated 
about the year 1710 . 
c black wolf is found in the United 
Avuerica, and has been described 
\V ^5 name of Canis nubilus, or Clouded 
don ■ menagerie in the Tower of Lon- 
'''hi a pair of wolves, the hair of 
cf that mottled or clouded colour 
. ^bich the variety has been thus named. 
and stronger than the common 
> and, though of fierce aspect, it has not 
