WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 93 



more discerning future generation. A day will come 

 — and not more than two generations off — when all 

 of God's wonderful creations will be appreciated in 

 their proper places, and only disgust felt for the reck- 

 less and merciless generations who thoughtlessly and 

 selfishly wiped out our wild life, especially in Pennsyl- 

 vania In Stuart Brothers' "Lays of the Deer Forest" 

 it is stated: "In ancient hunting, the beasts of sport 

 were divided into three classes : Venerie, Chase and 

 Rascal. The first were, the hare, the hart, the wolf, 

 and the wild boar. The second, the fallow-deer, the 

 fox, the marten, and the wild boar. The last, the gre, 

 or badger, the wild-cat, the otter, and any beasts not 

 belonging to the first two classes." Thus it will be 

 seen that the wolf ranked as sport-royal, and in early 

 times was strictly preserved to be hunted by kings. 

 Today this noble beast, which was once the sport of 

 monarchs, stands in imminent danger of extinction by 

 cheap bounty hunters, mercenary trappers and poison- 

 ers According to the Indians and the early settlers 

 in the Pennsylvania mountains, there existed on very 

 rare occasions a certain kind of weather called "Wolf 

 Days"- — cool days with very bright sunshine, and occa- 

 sional dark shadows, with brisk northwest winds — 

 days when trees, bushes, grasses, and water were 

 always in motion — on such days the wolves sallied 

 forth, the sunlight, with patches of shadow, and all 

 nature restless, blended with their striped, mottled or 

 shadowy coats as protective coloring, making them in 

 broad daylight practically invisible. On all other days. 



