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DImitri's call; and as he was loosed, he gave one 

 fierce howl and then bounded silently away. 



" With such tremendous energy did he start that 

 his feet hardly seemed to touch the ground. Every 

 leap seemed longer than the last ; and as he grew 

 smaller in the distance, he looked like a big rubber 

 ball bouncing over the plain. In less than a minute 

 he had overtaken the wolf and seized him by the 

 neck under the right ear. A cloud of dust flew up 

 as dog and wolf rolled over and over ; but when it 

 cleared away, we saw that Dimitri had brought the 

 beast to a standstill. His chasseur had followed 

 him as quickly as his horse would run. On coming 

 up the man jumped down, and, getting astride of the 

 wolf, fastened a strong muzzle over its jaws, secured 

 a chain round round its neck and dragged the now 

 skulking animal back to where the cage stood. 



''In the meantime other wolves had been started, 

 and several of the dogs were hard at work. When 

 two were loosed in pursuit of one wolf, they ran 

 alongside of him, one on each side, until a favourable 

 opportunity offered, when, with a sudden snap, one 

 would seize the creature. As the wolf turned to try 

 to free himself, the other would get a grip that 

 prevented him from moving at all. 



" So surely and neatly did these dogs do their 

 work that not one was bitten, although no animals 



