ments which dogs will form, is given by Mr.
Murray, to whom the dog of his guide took a fancy. Mr. Murray passed the
night in the house of his master, fed him, and the animal sat looking up
in his face. The next morning the party started on foot to cross the
Pyrenees, and when the guide had fulfilled his agreement and received
his reward, he took his leave; the dog, however, followed Mr. Murray,
and no threats or entreaties could prevail on him to turn back. He
proceeded to an inn with his new friend, and Mr. Murray was making a
bargain with the innkeeper to send the dog to his owner, when a boy came
from the man, to claim the beast. He followed the boy two or three times
for a few yards, and invariably returned. A strong cord was then tied
round his neck, and the boy was told to lead him with that; but at a
little distance, finding that he could not get rid of the cord, the dog
leaped upon the boy, threw him down, dragged the cord out of his hand,
and returned to Mr. Murray. After this it seemed inevitable that they
should travel together. Mr. Murray sent for the master, bought the dog,
and eventually took him to Scotland, having a place secured for him
always in the diligence; and from the moment he arrived, he became the
pet of the family.

Another instance of the same feeling in dogs, occurred to a sporting
traveller in Norway (Mr. Lloyd, if I mistake not) to whom the dog of a
peasant took the same sudden liking.

[4] Boyle.

WOLVES.

Strong, gaunt, ferocious, cunning, cowardly, and sinister-looking,
wolves (Canis Lupus) still inhabit the forest and mountainous districts
of Europe, Asia, and America; a few being occasionally met with in
plains. Happily they have been extirpated from Great Britain and
Ireland, but in many parts of populous countries on the European
Continent, an unusually severe winter brings them to the habitations of
man.

Their resemblance to dogs, internally and externally, has led to the
supposition, that they were the original parents of the latter; but I
have elsewhere alluded to this unsettled question.

The muscles of the head, neck, and shoulders of wolves, are extremely
powerful, and the snap with which they bite is never to be mistaken,
being apparently peculiar to them. They drink by suction, and it is
said, that if the offspring which they have by a dog, should lap, they
take a dislike to it. The cry which they make is not a regular bark, but
a hoarse, ugly noise, and th