CHAPTER XVIII. 



SKATER CHASED BY WOLVES. 



EVERYBODY has read the remarkable adventure with the 

 wolves on the ice, related by Mr. Whitehead. The story has 

 made so strong an impression upon me, that I cannot resist 

 the temptation of preserving it here, along with the previous 

 narrative, as incidental to our " Wild Scenes," entirely legiti- 

 mate here. I present it with an illustration, as one of the 

 most effective stories ever given about wolves. 



During the winter of 1844, being engaged in the northern 

 part of Maine, I had much leisure to devote to the wild sports 

 of a new country. To none of these was I more passionately 



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