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days. The fact was, this animal had been lurk- 
ing about in the neighbourhood of their tent 
(which was about eight miles from the Fattory) 
for fome weeks, and had committed many de- 
predations on the game caught in their traps and 
{nares, as well as eaten many foxes that were kill- 
ed by guns fet for that purpofe: but the Wolve- 
rene was too cunning to take either trap or gun 
himfelf. The people knowing the mifchievous | 
difpofition of thofe animals, took (as they 
thought) the moft effectual method to fecure the 
remains of their provifions, which they did not 
chufe to carry home, and accordingly tied it up | 
in bundles and placed it on the top of the wood- 
pile, (about two miles from their tent,) little 
thinking the Wolverene would find it out; but 
to their great furprize, when they returned to 
their tent after the holidays, they found the pile 
of wood in the flate already mentioned, though 
fome of the trees that compofed it were as much 
as two men could carry. The only reafon the 
people could give for the animal doing fo much 
amifchief was, that in his attempting to carry off 
the booty, fome of the {mall parcels of provifions 
had fallen down into the heart of the pile, and 
fooner than lofe half his prize, he purfued the 
above method till he had accomplifhed his ends. 
The bags of flour, oatmeal, and peafe, though of 
no ufe to him, he tore all to pieces, and {cattered 
the contents about on the {fnow; but every bit 
of animal food, confifting of beef, pork, bacon, 
venifon, 
