Wolf-Hunting in Russia 



turn of the old ones, father and mother. At 

 times during this wait only the young ones, at 

 other times the young and the intermediate 

 ones, would sing. Not hearing the old ones, 

 we inferred they were absent, and so they 

 were — off on a raid, during which they killed 

 two peasant horses ten miles from their strong- 

 hold. It was supposed that the wolves of in- 

 termediate age also made excursions during 

 this time, as indicated by the bowlings, but not 

 to such great distances as the old ones. It 

 was perfectly apparent, as we listened one 

 evening, that the old ones had placed the 

 young ones about a verst away and were mak- 

 ing them answer independently. This seemed 

 too human for wolves. 



After one day and two nights of travel we 

 arrived at the little station of Peschalkino, on 

 the Bologoe-Rybinsk Railway, not far from 

 the frontier between the two governments, 

 Tver and Yaroslav, where we were met by 

 two officers of the guard, a Yellow Cuirassier 

 and a Preobiajensky, on leave of absence on 

 their estates (Koy), sixteen versts from the 

 rail. They were brothers-in-law and keen 

 sportsmen, who became members of our party 

 and who indicated the best localities for game 



