34 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



place, who was one night awakened by a noise in his hog- 

 pen ; on looking out he saw what he supposed to be a fox 

 on the low sloping roof of the sty. He immediately ran out 

 in his shirt, but found that the animal was a Grey Wolf, 

 which, instead of making off, fiercely attacked him, rushing 

 down the roof towards him, and before the man had time to 

 move back, the wolf had bitten his arm three times, with 

 these quick and repeated snaps, lacerating it from the elbow 

 to the wrist : then, however, he leaped from the roof to the 

 ground, and by so doing lost his advantage : for the man 

 succeeded in seizing hirn on each side of the neck, with his 

 hands, and held him firmly in that position till his wife, 

 whom he called out, came up with a large butcher's knife, 

 and cut the beast's throat. It was three months before the 

 man's arm was healed : every incision, it was said, piercing 

 to the bone. 



C. — The woman must have had some courage, to cut the 

 animal's throat. — Is any bounty given for the destruction of 

 the wolf? 



F, — Ten dollars are given in this province ; but I believe 

 double that amount is paid in the state of New Hampshire, 

 where this encounter took place. The ears of the wolf are 

 considered in law as the representative of the animal : these 

 being burnt in the presence of any justice of the peace, the 

 bounty is claimed. 



C. — Is there more than one species of wolf found in this 

 country ? 



F. — There are two, the Black (^C«ms NubilusJ, and 

 the Grey (Canis Lupus, var. BorealisJ. The former is 

 considered the more ferocious and dangerous, but is rather 

 less common. Both kinds have within a few years become 

 alarmingly numerous, after having been for a considerable 

 time almost unknown in the settlements. Last fall we used 

 to hear their dismal bowlings in the adjacent woods almost 



