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wolves and both lay dead on the ground 

 not more than ten yards apart. I did not 

 have any scales convenient and can only 

 approximate the weight of the male, which 

 my friend and I guessed as from the tip 

 end of the tail to the nose the male 

 measured 623^ inches, and the skin across 

 the body measured 25 inches. The color 

 was of light brown, but of a darker shade 

 along the middle of the back. 



As soon as it became known that two 

 wolves had been shot a great many natives 

 came to the houseboat to see them, and 

 there was much rejoicing that two of the 

 enemy of their flocks of sheep and goats 

 had been killed. Of course a wolf should 

 be shot in any condition, but I became 

 somewhat sympathetic when I observed 

 what appeared to be the true condition of 

 the female. The day being rather warm 

 I decided to have the entrails taken 

 out so as to preserve the hides the best I 

 could, and when the female was cut 

 open there rolled out half of a young 

 goat which she had caught and eaten 

 probably not more than a few hours before 

 she was shot. When the natives saw that 

 the wolves had been shot so soon after the 



