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love. This condition, instead of softening and 
making them approach each other, rendered them 
more untractable and ferocious. Nothing now was 
heard but dismal howlings and cries of resentment. 
In three weeks they were both very meagre ; but 
never approached except to tear each other. At 
last they -fought so cruelly that the dog killed 
the wolf. The dog was shot some days after, for as 
soon as he was set at liberty he sprung with fury 
upon poultry, dogs, and even men. 
We shall conclude the account of these animals 
with a few interesting anecdotes respecting their 
sagacity ; extracted from different authors. 
In December, 1/84, a dog was left by a smug- 
gling vessel near Boomer, on the coast of Northum- 
berland. Finding himself deserted, he began to 
worry sheep, and did so much damage, that he 
became the terror of the country within a circuit 
of above twenty miles. When he caught a sheep 
he bit a hole in its right side, and, after eating the 
tallow about the kidneys, left it. Several of them, 
thus lacerated, were found alive by the shepherds ; 
and, being taken proper care of, some of them re- 
covered, and afterwards had lambs. From his deli- 
cacy in this respect, the destruction he made may 
in some measure be conceived ; as it may be sup- 
posed that the fat of one sheep in a day would 
hardly satisfy his hunger. The farmers were so 
much alarmed by his depredations, that various 
means were used for his destruction. They fre- 
quently pursued him with hounds, greyhounds, 
