WOLF* 
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©ur well-known breed of dogs, the great Dane, or 
mongrel greyhound, for instance, he will appear 
to have the legs shorter, the head larger, the 
muzzle thicker, the eyes smaller, and more sepa- 
„ rated from each, and the ears shorter and straighter. 
He appears in every respect stronger than the dog ; 
and the length of the hair contributes still more 
to his robust appearance. The feature which 
principally distinguishes the visage of the wolf 
from that of the dog, is the eye, which opens 
slantingly upwards, in the same direction with 
the nose ; whereas, in the dog, it opens more at 
yight angles with the nose, as in man. The tail,* 
also, in this animal, is long and bushy ; and he 
carries it rather more between his hind legs than 
the dog is seen to do. The colour of the eye- 
balls in the wolf are of a fiery green, and give bis 
visage a fierce and formidable air, which his natu- 
ral disposition does by no means contradict. 
The wolf is, says Bufibn, one of those animals 
whose appetite for animal food is the most vehe- 
ment ; and whose means of satisfying this appe- 
tite are the most various. Nature has furnished 
him with strength, cunning, agility, and all those 
requisites which fit an animal for pursuing, over^ 
taking, and conquering its prey j and yet, with all 
these, the wolf most frequently dies of hunger, 
for he is the declared enemy of man. Being long 
proscribed, and a reward offered for his head, he 
is obliged io fly from human habitations, and to 
live in the forest, where the few wild animals 
to be found there escape him, either by their 
swiftness or their art ; or are supplied in too small 
a proportion to satisfy his rapacity. He is natu- 
rally dull and cowardly ; but frequently disap- 
pointed, and, as often reduced to the verge of 
famine, he becomes ingenious from want, and cou- 
rageous from necessity. When pressed with hun- 
