Wolves In France

There is a great complaint m several districts of France of the ravages of wild boarsand wolves, whioh liuve grcatly multiplied of late years. The French Agricultural Society is considering proposals tor extorniinating them. The nuniber of wolves which destroy domestio animáis during a year is reckoned at 2,000, eaoh of whoni kills 1,000 francs' worth in that time. Tliis involves a yearly loss of 2,000,000 francs, and, as shcep are their cliief victims, a great expense is uecessitated f or inclosures. Pigs, cattle, horses, dogs, and fowls are also devonred in a minor degree. Similar compliiints un' made. in llussia, notwithstanding a price is paid per head for uil wolves killed. Wolves have sometimes been domesticated, but are apt to show treachery. Ouvier relates an mstancéoi oue which had been reared from an early age by a gentleman who, beiug oompelled to leavo France, left the animal witli a menagerie. The wolf w:ti at firet mueh depresséd, and lost bis áppetito ; bilt in time lie regained his spirits, beoame attaehed to liis keepers, and apiieared to tao foifgottol lija tonner affeötion. Áfter an ábsé'npe of eigJiteen months, Jus ruast'.'l' returned. Withovit bcing bit' to nr hini, t'ie ivolf he%ïd his voicc, and yelped and gambolled tvltü joy. On being lil)erated from his oage, ho jultlped upon liis master in an ecstacy of deliglit. On the renewed absence of liis master, he again relapsed into sadness, but again recovered. The next visit of the gentleman was dcferred for three years, but he was stiU Hnforgotten, and the same manifestations ■ft'efe repeatcd.