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away, we took an early start. Twelve chasseurs, 

 each leading a fine wolfhound, rode in advance ; 

 four attendants, with a pack of common hounds, 

 followed. Next came a big iron cage drawn by four 

 horses, in which the captured wolves were to be put ; 

 for, while small and inferior wolves are killed, all the 

 largest are kept for the young wolfhounds to practise 

 upon. 



'' As soon as the common hounds were sent into 

 the underbush, hares and foxes came rushing out, 

 but the boars and wolves were harder to start. The 

 chasseurs had taken up good positions along the 

 edge of the forest, where a stretch of open plain 

 offered a splendid chance to see the fun if any 

 wolves were driven out. I kept with the man who 

 had charge of Dimitri. 



" With ears erect and nose in the air, this fine dog 

 seemed to take as much interest in the sport as any 

 of us. Though the barking and baying hounds 

 in the coverts came nearer every second, he never 

 moved a muscle nor made a sound. Suddenly a 

 big, black wolf rushed out of the scrub, gave one 

 glance around, then started off for the next covert a 

 mile away. 



'' All the dogs tugged at their leashes ; but not 

 till the wolf had a clear start of two hundred yards 

 did the head chasseur's bugle ring out. It was 



