the laws of their peculiar nature. Nay, if we come to

reason upon it, they rank higher in this matter than

man; for while the wolf does no violence to the laws of

its instincts, man often deliberately silences the voice of

conscience, and violates the laws of his own nature.

But we will not insist on the term, good reader, if you

object strongly to it. We are willing to admit that the

wolves are

not

villanous, but,