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can do quicker or more damaging work with their 

 jaws than wolves. 



'' Seven wolves were driven out of that covert, 

 but only two were thought to be worth keeping. 

 They were put in the cage, and we moved on to the 

 next likely spot. In the course of the day the dogs 

 caught sixteen wolves, not one got away when fairly 

 out of cover, and we returned to the lodge with five 

 fine live wolves. 



"While discussing the ways of wolves that 

 evening after dinner, one of us ventured to express 

 a doubt whether even Dimitri could successfully 

 face a wolf at bay. The speaker was satisfied that 

 the dog could seize and hold a running wolf, but did 

 not believe he could avoid the savage attack such 

 an animal makes when cornered. Before we left 

 next morning he was convinced of his error. The 

 largest captured wolf was turned loose in an 

 inclosed yard, and Dimitri was set on him. Seeing 

 himself trapped, the wolf did not wait for the dog 

 to attack, but rushed straight at him. 



" The two animals met and closed, rolling over 

 and over ; but when the struggles ceased, Dimitri 

 had the wolf securely by the neck, and had not 

 received a scratch. Our friend, the chasseur en 

 chef, offered to bring out other hounds that could do 

 this feat as well as Dimitri ; but we were convinced. 



