318 A SHORT AND EASY WOLF HUNT 



He had run away while I was getting ready for 

 the first shot. He showed more pluck some years 

 later, tackling three bears together, single-hand- 

 ed, with a muzzle-loading shot gun. Two of these 

 he killed, and the third got away from him be- 

 fore he could reload. 



The skins of the two largest wolves measured 

 seven feet and a half after being stretched and 

 dried. The smallest was about a foot less in 

 length. I kept them for a time as a trophy, and 

 sold them afterwards to Mr. R. B. McLellan, a 

 lumber merchant, of New Brunswick, who had 

 taken a fancy to them. Three wolves within as 

 many minutes, within a mile of one's house, is 

 about as easy a hunt as one can wish for. It 

 leaves Mr. Armstrong's annual wolf hunt "out 

 of sight." 



