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and on one occasion when two of them were thus 

 lying in wait, my little terrier, which had been 

 bitten in the neck only two nights before, ran 

 with other five dogs to within about fifty paces 

 of them, when the larger of the two instantly 

 singled it out, and after twice missing, finally 

 seized it by the neck, and carried it deliberately 

 away. By mere accident I happened to be 

 looking through a pane of glass in that direction 

 just as the poor little thing was in its jaws. An 

 alarm was instantly given to the people, who 

 hounded on the dogs, and a general chase was 

 given. The wolves contented themselves with 

 trotting until we were gaining on them, when 

 the one which had the little dog put it down, 

 and seizing it afresh by the back, increased its 

 speed, and took to the woods. Here, after a 

 long run, the interpreter and Taylor came up 

 as it was taking its first bite, quite heedless of 

 the dogs, which had not the courage to attack 

 it. The interpreter's gun missed fire ; but the 

 wolf w r as frightened and ran away, leaving its 

 victim still alive, though it died soon after from 

 its wounds. During the winter w r e caught live 

 more, among which was the delinquent, and the 

 rest finding nothing to live upon went away. 

 The weather was severe at first, but after Ja- 

 nuary it became unusually mild ; and as it was 

 necessary for me to return by way of Canada, 



