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gallop begins, and generally, in the course of a mile 

 or less, the wolf is bowled over. The chasseur then 

 dismounts, cleverly gets astride the wolf, and collars 

 him by the ears, the hounds still holding on like 

 grim death. Another chasseur rides up, slips a 

 muzzle on the wolf, which is then hauled on to one 

 of the horses, tightly strapped to the Mexican sort 

 of saddle, and taken off to a waggon in waiting near. 

 Foxes are similarly coursed and killed with fox- 

 hounds, the latter being stopped at the edge of the 

 covert." 



The following account of a wolf hunt, from the 

 pen of an English officer, will perhaps be found 

 interesting, as it deals with one or two matters not 

 alluded to by Mr. Lowe : 



'' Some years ago, while I was in the Russian 

 service, the officers of a cuirassier regiment gave 

 ' ours ' a chance to see these fine dogs work. We 

 had been trying to hunt wolves with our pack of 

 boarhounds, but with little success. Occasionally 

 we shot one, but, though our dogs could bring the 

 biggest boar to bay, they were useless in tackling 

 wolves. Several of the boldest and fiercest hounds 

 had been crippled by the savage brutes. 



" One day a courier rode over with an invitation 

 for all of us to go to Bielowicz two days later. The 

 Czar's wolfhounds were expected to arrive at the 



