A STRING OF DOG TALES 307 



PACKS OF WILD DOGS 



and their ravages coming from all parts of the 

 Far West ever since that country began to be in- 

 vaded by the white settlers. Ten years ago there 

 was a detailed account of a pack of wild dogs in 

 Montana which ranged the country as far North 

 as the Kootenay Lake, the account traced the pack 

 back to some neglected ranch dogs. 



PACKS OF WILD DOGS. 



Wild dogs have been reported from Georgia 

 and various parts of the South. The only differ- 

 ence between the character of the wild dogs and 

 the native wolf seems to be that the wild dog is 

 bolder and fiercer than his aboriginal brother. 



Personally the only experience I ever had with a 

 wild dog occurred when I was a boy in Kentucky. 

 It was a big black dog with a white sheep-like 

 face, and it lived on the banks of the Licking River. 

 The dog was never seen in the day time, but peo- 

 ple who lived upon the streets adjoining the river 

 bank, frequently saw the white-faced dog at night. 

 No one was ever able to approach the animal and 

 it could not be tempted by offers of food to ap- 

 proach the house. It was as large as a Newfound- 

 land dog. One day 



I TRACKED IT TO ITS DEN, 



which was under some drift-logs which had been 

 piled upon the shore. I lay prone upon the ground 



