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London Times.
    The late severe weather has as usual brought us reports of the appearance of wolves in inhabited districts in Eastern France and the neighboring Alsace-Lorraine. The unusual extent and depth of the snowfall having deprived them in great measure of their sources of support, they were rendered by hunger more daring than usual. The neighborhood of Metz has been epecially distinguished in this way. The beasts passed through the lines of sentries around the new German forts, and went up to the very gates of the city. A bakery in the neighborhood of Fort Manteuful, in St. Julien, was regularly besieged every night by them, and one night a band of them made a vigorous attempt to storm the stable where some horses were housed. On Christmas Eve a large wolf quietly entered the Metz Railway station, to the great terror of the portors and officials. The following Sunday some were seen crossing some fields in broad daylight. Wolves have also been seen in the neighboehood of Belfort. Near Saarbrucken they made nightly cordon around the horses, terrifying the inhabitants by their howlings and attempts to break in. At Carpentras they came up to the gates of the town. Even in the neighborhood of Lyons, where they are almost unknown, several have been seen.
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