Hunting in Many Lands 



high-priced hounds, that had won medals in 

 Russia for wolf-killing, but which demonstrat- 

 ed their utter inability even to hold American 

 wolves. 



Alive, the wolf is the enemy of man and 

 beast, and when dead he is almost useless. 

 His skin has but little commercial value, and 

 even dogs refuse to eat his flesh. I have 

 never known dogs to tear and mutilate a 

 wolfs carcass, and verily believe they would 

 starve to death before eating its flesh. And 

 yet I have read accounts of hunters feeding 

 their dogs upon wolf meat. I recall an effort 

 I made to cultivate in my dogs a taste for 

 wolf meat. I cut up a quantity of bear meat 

 into small strips and tossed them to the dogs, 

 which would gulp them down before they could 

 fall upon the ground. Substituting a piece of 

 wolf meat was of no avail ; they detected it 

 instantly, and those which were fooled into 

 swallowing it immediately lost interest in the 

 proceedings and walked away. 



The wolf is by nature cowardly, being defi- 

 cient in courage comparative to his strength 

 and great size, but he often becomes coura- 

 geous from necessity. When reduced to ex- 

 tremity by hunger, he braves danger, and has 



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