I 



ith tin- general i. -ult ..I' tin 



, -.ling flheep. So ..n- ni^ht my collector and h 

 .unl l.rother laid ready witl. r the appearance of Mr 



f. They tied a sheep to a i d a screen -!' 



tim tin- -I,,-,-]., and U-hind this tli.-y wait.-. I th- 



appnach of the wolf . They \\.n- nt disappointed, for they 



iis 1'i.riii approaching cautiously. The sheep !- 



to 1. 1. -at .-it nl tried t<> hreak away tVoin tin- cord and just 



the wolf wa.s aliut to s.-i/r it.s prey, tin- fatln-i' and \\\ 



l.roth.-i-- jH.urnl ;i vollry of shut into tin- ra muss of tin- wolf, 



which catis.-il him to l.iti- the ^nnunl in a^ony. 'I'lu-n loading 



tli.' M-liini another doae, which stretched 



him lifi-li-sx mi the ground. Afti-i' this they \\riv not troul'led 

 with wohcs a^ain. Tin- t, r rey wolf MHU. -times ch.-i- 

 Sir John Hichiirdsi.n s ;l \\ one at Point bike chasing a tine 

 l.uck reindeer. Tin- \\olf ran down the deej- and disabled it 

 l.y ;i Lite on the Mank. An Indian, who \vas coiic.-aled on the 

 l.i-ilere of the lake, ran out and cut the deer's throat with his 

 knife, when the wolf at once reliin|uislied his j>n-y anl sneaked 



off. Ill the chase the pool- deer Ul'^-'d its flight I 



'.on Hi Is. which for a time exceeded the sj.eed of the \\..lf. 



l.ut it stoj.j.ed s,, t'rei|Hently t<> .r;,/,. ,,n its relentless ,-nemy, 

 that the latter, toiling on at a loii^ ^alloj). with its ti. 

 lolling nt of its month, gradually came up. After each ha-ty 

 look, the poor deer redoubled its efforts to escape ; but either 



exhausted l.y fatigue, or en.T\at'-d l.y fear, it In-canie, just 

 re it was overtaken. s-arcely altle to keeji its f.-.-t. The 



jrrey wolves destroy many foxes, \\hich they run down if 

 they p.Tceive them on the prairie at a distance from their 

 l.nrn\\s. tln-y carry them oH' in their mouths, as easily I 



When liuM'aloes w.-iv jtlentiful on the 



prairie.s. Lands of wolves u.-n- always found hanpn^ on 

 the hison herds preying on the y..iin^ and sickly 

 calves or on any old l.utfalo u hich could not keep up with 

 the herd. Wolves ne\.-r attacked the full-^rown animals, for 

 huir they ..ft. -n u-.-d t<> see wolv.-s walking through 



ji herd of hulls without exciting the least aliirm. and the 



