Hunting in Many Lands 



To an enthusiastic lover of sport and nature 

 these pleasurable sensations might be well 

 compared with the effect of the Niebelungen 

 songs upon an ardent Wagnerite. The old 

 professional huntsmen could tell just what 

 members of the family and how many were 

 howling ; they scarcely disagreed upon these 

 points. 



These old hunters pretended to interpret 

 the noisy assemblies of the wolves as regards 

 content or discontent, satisfaction or dissatis- 

 faction. 



Owing to the difficulty of securing wolves 

 under most favorable circumstances, especially 

 old ones, it would be considered folly to make 

 a drive if the matinal howl had not been 

 heard. But to make a successful drive in a 

 large marshy forest many beaters must be em- 

 ployed, and, as they are gathered from far and 

 near, considerable time is necessary to collect 

 them ; therefore it is almost essential to know 

 that the wolves were "at home" at midnight 

 as well as dawn. 



While in the vicinity of a certain wolf family 

 whose habitat was an enormous marshy wood, 

 entirely impossible to mounted men, we were 

 compelled to await for forty-eight hours the re- 



