CHAPTER XXVII. 



THE WOLF INCREASE IN NUMBERS ONLY ONE SPECIES REMARKABLE 

 LITTER RABIES DREADFUL CONSEQUENCES FEARLESS OF FIRE 

 COWARDICE AUDACITY FIGHT FOR A GOAT ENMITY TO DOGS DOGS IN 

 PERIL EXTRAORDINARY VORACITY EASILY DOMESTICATED SAGACITY 

 ATTACHMENT TO A DOG PIG-TAILS IN REQUEST SANGUINARY ONSLAUGHTS. 



WOLVES, as said, were pretty numerous in my neighbour- 

 hood. Some few, indeed, had their haunts in the hills of 

 Hunneberg and Halleberg, where, however, from the almost 

 inaccessible nature of the ground, they were difficult of 

 access. Occasionally I fell in with these beasts. Once in the 

 summer time, when returning at mid-day from the hamlet of 

 Sollebrunn, situated at about twenty miles to the southward 

 of Ronnum, three full-grown individuals walked coolly across 

 the high road within forty to fifty paces of my vehicle ; but 

 the gun being in its case, there was no time to discharge it. 

 Indeed, had I fired, it would probably have availed little, the 

 piece being only loaded with small shot. 



Wolves are also common throughout the greater part of 



