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which I have heard or read, of wolves having attacked man in this part 

 of Canada. On the contrary, I know of several instances in which one 

 man had taken the carcass of a recently killed deer from as many as 

 four wolves, without meeting with any resistance, although without a 

 weapon of any kind. 



In a thickly wooded country like Canada, hunting the wolf is neces- 

 sarily confined to shooting, trapping and poisoning by means of strychnine. 

 The latter mode of destroying wild animals is altogether unsportsmanlike, 

 and, excepting under very peculiar circumstances, ought to be frowned 

 upon and discouraged by all the sportsmen. Leaving out of the ques- 

 tion the danger to domestic animals caused by putting out poison, many 

 of the animals killed by this questionable method, wander off a long 

 distance before they die, suffering extreme torture, and are never found 



Wolves are seldom seen in the woods, even by those whose 

 avocations oblige thera continually to travel through the most solitary 

 fastnesses. So keen is the eye and the ear, and so acute is the 

 wolf's sense of smelling, that the hunter or bushranger is either seen 

 heard or scented befoi-e he has any idea that a wolf has been near. 

 Now and then an accidental shot may be obtained, but even such chances 

 are few and far between. 



Six years ago, while deer hunting, I saw an enormous wolf on the 

 Madawaska River. He had been started by another hunter on the top 

 of a mountain, and had rushed down the side of a ravine at the end of 

 which I was watching for him. As he came within range, he jumped 

 up and stood upon a log behind two pine trees growing together, which 

 concealed every part of his body but his nose. As that part of his 

 anatomy is not as vulnerable as the nose of a bear, I waited for him to 

 take another step. This, to my great regret, he did not do, but jumped 

 off the log and disappeared in the thick brush and tall weeds. Thus j 

 lost my chance of obtaining a grand trophy ; and thus by his escape, I 

 feel that many a beautiful deer afterwards lost its life. 



Spearing the wolf, on the open prairie, in the manner of " Pig 

 Sticking " in India, is a most exciting kind of sport, although not 

 alwajs unattended by danger, occasioned by badger-holes and prairie dog 

 towns, which are frequently encountered in the chase. 



But the grandest sport with the gray, or as he is called on the 



