26 WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



on the mountain back of his cabin. He had preserved 

 several wild pigeons until, 1895, to be used as "stool 

 pigeons" in the event of the great flocks "returning." 

 He also kept several wolf-dogs. These animals had 

 dun and gre_v coloring not unlike collies, but had the 

 shorter hair and longer legs of wolves. There was no 

 trace of black in their coloring, although their owner 

 stated that their grand-sire had been a black wolf 

 which coupled with a shepherd bitch some ten years 

 before when he Avas lumbering for Ario Pardee in 

 High A'alley. He said that neither turkeys nor dogs 

 had the least inclination to revert to the savage procliv- 

 ities of their ancestors. If the grey wolves and the 

 brown wolves had any of the admirable characteristics 

 of their black relatives, the old hunters sayeth not. 

 "Crafty and mean" is the general verdict expressed 

 about the grey wolves, "nasty like little cur dogs," is 

 the general run of remarks relative to the brown 

 wolves. Doubtless these uncomplimentary character- 

 izations are unjust to the animals, but they were cer- 

 tainly not up to the standard of the black wolves. If 

 all are of one variety these attempts at specialization 

 are hardly worth the time to read. At the same time 

 it may show that color in animals has much to do with 

 habitation, character and disposition. It may help to 

 reveal the secret of why some men are blonde and 

 others dark. 



Robert C. Quiggle, born August 22, 1830. died 

 May 23, 191G, an intelligent gentleman who resided at 

 Pine Station, Clinton Countv, told of his brother, Wil- 



