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A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams . <l/l/lllfl,t/l /)<•</ /;„// Doo. m%-s^ ^rZs •T. SluirvSr / .,./... />.. and • Ievtr. solI i tractmail iv. and met a:. t C A N I S. 93 and sharp ; and his bite is terrible, as his strengthis great. Cruel, cowardly, and suspicious, thewolf flies from man ; and seldom ventures out ofthe woods, except pressed by hunger: but whenthis becomes extreme, he braves danger, and willattack men, horses, dogs, and cattle of all kinds;even the graves of the dead are not proof againsthis rapacity. Unlike the dog, he is an enemy toall society, and keeps no company even with thoseof his own species. When several wolves appeartogether, it is not a society of peace, but of war;it is attended with tumult and dreadful bowlings,and indicates an attack upon some large animal,as a stag, an ox, or a formidable mastiff. Thismilitary expedition is no sooner finished thanthey separate, and each returns in silence to hissolitude. There is even little intercourse betweenthe males and females : they feel the mutual at-tractions of love but o
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