132 AN AMERICAN HUNTER 



about wolves are in seeming conflict with those of other 

 observers as competent as I am; but I think the conflict 

 is more seeming than real, and I have concluded to let 

 my words stand. The great book of nature contains many 

 pages which are hard to read, and at times conscientious 

 students may well draw different interpretations of the 

 obscure and least-known texts. It may not be that either 

 observer is at fault, but what is true of an animal in one 

 locality may not be true of the same animal in another, 

 and even in the same locality two individuals of the same 

 species may differ widely in their traits and habits. 



