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season. On the first sight of the animal the dogs 
became alarmed, and stood barking at a distance, 
and probably would not have ventured to ad- 
vance, had they not seen the wolf fall by a shot 
from one of the gentlemen; they then, however, ° 
went up, and behaved courageously, and were 
enraged by the bites they received.’ The wolf 
soon died of its wounds, and the body was 
brought to the house, where a drawing of it was 
taken by Mr. Hood, and the skin preserved by 
Dr. Richardson. Its general features bore a 
strong resemblance to many of the dogs about 
the fort, but it was larger and had a more fero- 
cious aspect. Mr. Back and I were too much 
occupied in preparing for our departure on the 
following day to join this excursion. 
The position of Cumberland House, by our 
: eres, is, latitude 53° 56’ 40’ N., longi- 
4 10 
83° 12 50’. The whole of the travelling dis- 
tance between York Factory and Cumberland 
House is about six hundred and ninety miles. 
