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touched. Having had plenty provision in the house, he had 

 not stirred out during 1 the night or the day, and his footsteps 

 could not therefore be dogged. When he went away, however, 

 he went in a hurry, for we both gave a tremendous shout 

 that caused him to clap his tail almost up to the root between 

 his legs, and to round himself into a hump, as if he had an 

 elastic spinal column ; but when he heard the baying of the 

 hounds behind him he straightened out the hum)), put his 

 nose close to the ground, and scudded away with all the speed 

 that deadly terror could impart. Out of the woods he broke, 

 and over the plains, with the pack in full cry behind him. 

 Being hampered by the cubs, we did not attempt to follow, 

 but on mounting a knoll we had a fine view of the run until 

 it vanished from our sight behind one of the long hillocks near 

 which a rivulet ran. " Something is the matter with the 

 wolves here just now/' said my companion, " else they would 

 not break for the open so soon ; for they generally keep in the 

 woods and rough places as long as they possibly can, and get 

 away from shelter only when close pressed, and they sec no 

 other means of escape. 



" But what about the first ?" said I. " Oh ! she was trying 

 to lead the dogs away from her young/' was the response. 

 After thinking for a few moments over their haste to escape 

 from the woods, lie said he thought he could attribute it 

 to the presence of Indians, and surmised that they were 

 encamped higher up on the hill. This guess proved to be 

 correct, for on reaching an elevated piece of ground a li 4 

 later we saw a large party of the sons of the forest drivii 

 their mustangs out on the plains to graze. While jogging 

 home, the mellow cow's horn, which the host used as a hunting 

 horn, was sounded at intervals to recall the hounds if the run 

 was over, but not one answered the summons. When we 

 were within three miles of the house, we came upon them 

 suddenly as they were grouped around the dead wolf; but 

 they displayed no signs of welcome on our approach, and sat 

 sullenly in their position until their owner threw the slain 

 animal on his horse. On resuming our march we came upon a 

 herd of antelopes, but the dogs paid no attention to it, a 



