THE WOLF 



wolves. He killed four after a hard fight, but 

 he was pretty well chewed up at the finish. Of 

 course he had expected to find only one in the 

 gulch. 



As a rule the wolf is not anxious to fight, 

 although not so cowardly as most other animals 

 the cougar for example yet I have seen a single 

 specimen follow a hunter, a boy of twelve years, 

 but the best rifle shot I ever met, about two miles. 

 I was with him, and waited for that wolf until 

 he was within twenty yards, when I allowed the 

 boy to fire. His nerves were evidently too much 

 shaken, for he missed his first wolf nevertheless 

 he got his pelt. 



The locating of dens, as explained in the dis- 

 cussion of the cougar, is also applicable to wolves. 



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