Wolf-Huntlne in Russia 



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has not had his full share of disappointments 

 when all prospects seemed favorable ? As oft- 

 en happens, it was the persons occupying the 

 least favorable places who had bagged the 

 game. They said that in one case the barzois 

 had held the wolf splendidly until the fatal 

 thrust; but that in the other case it had been 

 necessary to slip a second pair before it could 

 be taken. These young wolves were consider- 

 ably larger than old coyotes. 



So great was the forest hunted that for 

 nearly two hours we had occupied our posts 

 listening to the spasmodic trailing of the 

 hounds and the yelling of the peasants. Fi- 

 nally all the beaters and peasants reached our 

 line, and the drive was over, with only two 

 wolves taken from the family of eleven. Shiv- 

 ering with cold and thoroughly drenched, we 

 returned in haste to shelter and dry clothes. 



The following morning we set out on our 

 return to Peschalkino, mounted, with the bar- 

 zois, while the fox-hounds were driven along 

 the road. We marched straight across the 

 country in a very thin skirmish line, regard- 

 less of fences, which were broken down and 

 left to the owners to be repaired. By the time 

 we had reached our destination, we had en- 



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