Hunting in Many Lands 



of low degree" — furiously attacking first one, 

 then another of them as they circled around 

 her; and, though she was partially paralyzed, 

 drat'-ging her hind quarters, she successfully 

 stood off the entire pack until another bullet 

 ended the struggle. When in whelp they 

 fight with great obstinacy, and defend them- 

 selves with intrepidity, being seemingly insen- 

 sible to punishment. When captured young 

 they are susceptible of taming and domestica- 

 tion, though they are never free from treach- 

 ery. Though I have heard it denied, I know it 

 to be a fact that the dog has been successfully 

 crossed upon the wolf. I saw any number 

 of the produce around the old Spotted Tail 

 agency. They closely resembled wolves, and 

 were hardly distinguishable from them in ap- 

 pearance, though generally lacking the good 

 qualities of faithfulness and attachment pos- 

 sessed by the dog. 



The amount of damage a wolf can do in 

 a horse or cattle country is almost beyond 

 belief. He slaughters indiscriminately, carry- 

 ing waste and destruction to any section he 

 honors with his presence. When a pack of 

 these nocturnal marauders come across an un- 

 protected flock of sheep, a sanguinary massacre 



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