WOLF. 
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petite so voracious, that he has been known to ap- 
pease his hunger by swallowing any indigestible 
stuff he can find, such as bones, hair, and skins 
half tanned, which he will reject from his stomach 
when he can procure better food. To sum up his 
character, in a word : his aspect is base and savage, 
his voice dreadful, his odour insupportable, his dis- 
position perverse, his manners ferocious : odious 
and destructive when living, and, when dead, al- 
most perfectly useless. 
