Hunting in Many Lands 



and at nightfall the wolves, attracted by the 

 smell of the meat, would assemble on the out- 

 side, and we shot them from the portholes. 

 It required a death shot ; for, if only wounded, 

 no matter how badly, they would manage to 

 get far enough away from the stockade to be 

 torn into shreds by the survivors before we 

 could drive them off. I have always found 

 the wolf a most difficult animal to shoot. En- 

 dowed with wonderful powers of scent and 

 extremely cunning, it is almost impossible to 

 stalk them. Frequently, after a long stalk 

 after one, have I raised my head to find him 

 gone, his nose having warned him of my 

 approach. 



The successful chase of the wolf requires 

 a species of knowledge that can be acquired 

 only by experience. It also requires men, 

 horses and dogs trained and disciplined for 

 the purpose ; and woe to the man, horse or 

 dog that undertakes it without such prepara- 

 tion. The true sportsman is not a blood- 

 thirsty animal. The actual killing of an an- 

 imal, its mere death, is not sport. Therefore, 

 upon several occasions, I have declined to join 

 a general wolf round-up, where men form a 

 cordon, and, by beating the country, drive 



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