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ence in the forests of Northern Pennsylvania. John 

 C. French, in commenting on the size of the Kinzna 

 A'alley wolf, says : "Edwin Grimes, Sam Grimes, and 

 Ben >\Iain agreed that the 'grand-daddy' wolf was at 

 least two inches higher at the shoulder than average 

 wolves, and one inch taller than the largest they had 

 ever seen. Continuing Mr. French said : "The wolf 

 was not measured, but it must have been seven feet 

 long, without the tail. Ben Main, who was 5 feet S 

 inches tall, could not swing the carcass free from the 

 ground by taking an ear of the wolf in each hand and 

 lifting the head at arms' length about his own ; but 

 Edwin Grimes, who stood 6 feet 2 inches, could just 

 do so." Though most of the wolves taken by Le Koy 

 L}'man were killed prior to 1865, he continued killing 

 a few annually until the end' of 18T5. 



