DOG. 
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an Irish greyhound of the same age. They were 
shut up together in a pretty large court, to which 
no other beast could have access, and where they 
were provided with a shelter for their retirement. 
They were equally strangers to any individual of 
their own species, and knew no person but the 
man who gave them their victuals. They were 
kept in this state three years without the smallest 
restraint. During the first year they played per- 
petually, and seemed to be extremely fond of each 
other. The second year they began to quarrel 
about their food, though they were supplied in a 
plentiful manner. The wolf always began the dis- 
pute. When meat and bones were given them on 
a large wooden dish, the w r olf, instead of seizing the 
meat, instantly drove off the dog, then laid hold of 
the edge of the plate so dexterously as to allow no- 
thing to fall, and carried off the whole. I have seen 
her, says the Count, run in this manner with the 
dish between her teeth, five or six times round the 
wall, and never set it down, unless to take breath, to 
devour the meat, or to attack the dog when he ap- 
proached. The dog was stronger than the wolf; 
but as he was less ferocious, fears were entertained 
for his life, and therefore he was furnished with a 
collar. After the second year, these quarrels and 
combats became more frequent, and more serious, 
and a collar was also given to the wolf, whom the 
dog now handled more roughly than before. At 
the end of the third year they began to feel all 
the ardour of passion ; but discovered no marks of 
