WOLVES HUNTING IN CONCERT. 2 1 



the ridge, running backwards and forwards like a scotch 

 collie dog. The larger wolf, as soon as he saw that the 

 antelope were fully occupied in watching his companion, got 

 up and came as hard as he could gallop to the nullah ; unfor- 

 tunately he caught sight of us and bolted, and his companion 

 seeing something was wrong, did the same. Now it is 

 evident that these two wolves had regularly planned this 

 attack ; one was to occupy the attention of the antelope while 

 the other was to steal up the watercourse and dash into the 

 midst of them. How did they communicate this to each 

 other ? A problem in the history of animal life yet to be 

 solved. 



At another time a brother officer of mine was stalking a 

 herd of antelope which were feeding down a grassy valley, 

 when suddenly a wolf got up before him, then another and 

 another, until fourteen wolves rose out of the grass. They 

 were extended right across the valley in the shape of a fish- 

 ing net or jelly bag, as he described it, and were lying down 

 wind, so that as soon as the herd had got well into the "jelly 

 bag," they would have rushed on the antelope and some 

 must have fallen victims to their plan of attack. I once came 

 upon a pack of wolves apparently holding a council of war ; 

 after lolling about for some time they all rose up, and 

 separated, to all appearance having arranged their plans for 

 the day. 



The perseverance of the wolf to attain its end is also 

 very remarkable. One day when out hog hunting I saw 

 a wolf following an antelope with a fawn at its heels ; it did 

 not attempt to approach them, but merely kept them in view. 

 This was early in the forenoon, and as we returned late in 

 the afternoon near the same ground, there was the antelope 



