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 when they wish to conceal a part of their food or
 the droppings about their lairs.
 The parent wolves…
       
          
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 listening, snuffing up the air, smelling the ground,
 and springing over the threshold without touching
 it…
       
          
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 made efforts to drao- him throuoh ; his cries awa-
 kening the whole vicinity, the beast was compelled
 to…
       
          
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 THE WOLVES.
 rally repel the attack, killing one or more of the
 enemy. Single horses fight a wolf by striking with…
       
          
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 just as tlie most attached dog would have done
 after a separation of a few days. Unhappily his
 master was…
       
          
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 holes, or under the most sheltered and impenetrable
 covers., where a bed of moss is gathered by the
 mother…
       
          
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 THE WOLVES.
 Asia, we are still insufficiently acquainted with
 several that are known to exist, to pronounce with…
       
          
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 THE WOLVES.
 The fourth and fifth, acimones, and perhaps icti-
 nus, were smaller ; with a lengthened body, strong
 and…
       
          
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 refer to a canine commonly considered as a fox ; but
 it is larger, more bulky, low on the legs, with a…