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them in full flight. A tin with some blubber in it had proved 

 an especial attraction; they returned several times to try and 

 extract the contents, but without succeeding, as the little cover 

 was bent inwards into the box. Probably when they began to 



AFTER THE FIKE. 



jangle and rattle the tin about they took fright at the noise, before 

 they heard or saw anything of Peder. 



We had left ' Basen ' lying where he was shot, and the wolves 

 also paid him a visit. The dog was frozen hard to the ground, but 

 they loosened the body and dragged it away to some little distance, 

 where they were gnawing it when Peder came up. 



