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deer, with the result that all three wolves got safely away. 

 The deer would certainly have been killed anyhow. 



In the second case, the deer, a doe, took to the water 

 and swam off to a small islet. The wolf, a single one, only 

 followed after a long delay, and did not seem very anxious 

 for the fight when he first landed. However, when he did 

 begin, the deer succeeded in knocking him down three 

 times by rising on her hind legs. But the wolf got hold 

 by the throat, and the caribou would probably have been 

 quickly killed, even if a shot had not at that moment 

 ended her life. In other cases I have known them to be 

 hamstrung, or disabled, by the wolf biting the small of the 

 back. 



Rangifer arcticus, or Rangifer caribou (Caribou). The 

 young are easily tamed and very affectionate. One which 

 I had as a companion on our steamer would always bleat 

 after me as I left the side in a boat, would follow me where- 

 ever I went on the land, and would swim off after me again 

 when I left the shore. If it was in the field and heard my 

 voice it would at once rush to me, and would stand up on 

 its hind legs and batter the palings in its attempts to ac- 

 company me when I left. They have also been tamed and 

 used for traction in Newfoundland, in isolated instances. 

 Only the woodland variety are commonly found in the 

 south of Labrador, and these have not noticeably diminished. 

 Their paths suggest that for ages they have been there in 

 great numbers just as they still are on the barren lands 

 to the west of the Bay. The almost extravagant supply of 

 their food which now goes unused in Labrador would insure 

 protected herds great abundance and permanence of food. 



Lutra Canadens is (Canada Otter). These animals are 



