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ing more attentively I recognized him as a wolf, very- 

 tall, gaunt, and shaggy. He was a little in advance, 

 proceeding in the same direction as myself, and conse- 

 quently he did not see me. I stood still and watched 

 him ; he went on very leisurely, and, like all wild 

 animals, with extreme caution, constantly turning his 

 head and looking from side to side. Every now and 

 again he stopped, stood still for a minute, and seemed 

 to listen. At length I suppose something alarmed him, 

 or he saw something to pursue, for he broke into a trot, 

 made for the wood, entered it, and disappeared. 



I am not quite sure, but I do not think that the 

 wolves in India associate in packs like the wolves of 

 Europe, and with this remark I will leave them. 



I commenced my discussion on the animals with the 

 tiger ; I will conclude it with some anecdotes and 

 observations on the tiger's great antagonist, his rival 

 monarch of the forests, the stately elephant. But the 

 elephant demands a chapter to himself. 



