380 AN AMERICAN HUNTER 



lowing a bear and were but a couple of hundred yards 

 in front of the horsemen, a small party of wolves got in 

 on them and killed two. One of the Osborns, having a 

 valuable hound which was addicted to wandering in the 

 woods, saved him from the wolves by putting a bell 

 on him. The wolves evidently suspected a trap and 

 would never go near the dog. On one occasion another 

 of his hounds got loose with a chain on, and they found 

 him a day or two afterward unharmed, his chain having 

 become entangled in the branches of a bush. One or 

 two wolves had evidently walked around and around the 

 imprisoned dog, but the chain had awakened their sus- 

 picions and they had not pounced on him. They had 

 killed a yearling heifer a short time before, on Osborn's 

 plantation, biting her in the hams. It has been my ex- 

 perience that fox hounds as a rule are afraid of attack- 

 ing a wolf; but all of my friends assured me that their 

 dogs, if a sufficient number of them were together, would 

 tackle a wolf without hesitation ; the packs, however, were 

 always composed, to the extent of at least half, of dogs 

 which, though part hound, were part shepherd or bull 

 or some other breed. Dr. Miller had hunted in Arkan- 

 sas with a pack specially trained after the wolf. There 

 were twenty-eight of them all told, and on this hunt they 

 ran down and killed unassisted four full-grown wolves, 

 although some of the hounds were badly cut. None of 

 my companions had ever known of wolves actually 

 molesting men, but Mr. Ichabod Osborn's son-in-law 

 had a queer adventure with wolves while riding alone 

 through the woods one late afternoon. His horse acting 



