came up and spoke to him, he made three or 

 four lively attempts to bite my ankles. Plainly, 

 he felt that I had played a mean and uncalled- 

 for trick upon him. I talked to him for some 

 time and endeavored to explain the matter to 

 him. 



A sudden movement of a new or mysterious 

 object will usually frighten any animal. On 

 more than one occasion people have taken ad- 

 vantage of this characteristic of wild beasts, and 

 prevented an attack upon themselves. In one 

 instance I unconsciously used it to my advan- 

 tage. In the woods, one day, as I have related 

 elsewhere, two wolves and myself unexpectedly 

 met. With bared teeth they stood ready to leap 

 upon me. Needing something to keep up my 

 courage and divert my thoughts, it occurred to 

 me to snap a picture of them. This effectively 

 broke the spell, for when the kodak door flew 

 open they wheeled and fled. 



Autumn came, and I was to leave for a for- 

 estry tour. The only man that I could persuade 

 to stay at my place for the winter was one who 

 neither understood nor sympathized with my 



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