THE WOLF. 
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^ctionate solicitude with which she brings 
P her young, and the desperate courage with 
^h she will defend them, 
he Wolf is spread over almost the whole 
hew as well as the old world, and espe- 
. ^^hunds in the polar regions, braving 
Vigour of everlasting winter with as much 
and vivacity as he manifests beneath 
® hulder shies of Europe, or in the burning 
'^gions of Africa. 
h the northern countries of civilized Eu- 
Pc Wolves are very ferocious, visiting parti- 
districts sometimes in prodigious flocks, 
committing the most terrible depreda- 
te in 1821 , the inhabitants of the 
h of Gefle, in Sweden, were annoyed by the 
hiual incursions of wolves from the re- 
oter parts of the province of Gestrickland, 
^ ^^h destroyed numbers of children, and 
of devoured a girl nineteen years 
age. 
