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his fellows, and wears a rich blue-gray coat. I 

 have one of these pelts in my house now they 

 are very rare, and are known to the Traders and 

 Trappers as Blue Wolf. 



Perhaps this story is too simple, too light, 

 too prolific of natural history, too something 

 or other I don t know ; I have but tried to 

 tell the things that appeared very fascinating to 

 me under the giant spruce and the white-barked 

 poplars, with the dark- faced Indians and open- 

 handed white Trappers sitting about a spirit- 

 soothing camp-fire. 



