V 

 THE WOLF OF MUSKOKA 



Cants occidentalis 



"T^HE grey wolf, or giant wolf (McCall), 

 very doubtfully distinct from the European 

 wolf (Cants lupus\ is the only species of the wolf 

 family I have actually shot at during my travels in 

 Muskoka. Once I saw a large white wolf sitting 

 upon the top of a grassy bank, but the distance 

 was so great that I mistook it for a large dog. 



Last year I sketched a splendid specimen of 

 the giant wolf, and I hope soon we shall have 

 one of these creatures in our London Zoological 

 Gardens.* 



The grey wolf is remarkable for its great 

 fleetness, powers of endurance, and courage. 

 When I viewed this brute for the first time, I 

 could not help considering him a formidable and 

 dangerous foe. The head is of a large size and 



* The timber wolves in the Gardens are poor specimens, and 

 convey no idea of " the Giant Wolf." St. M. P. 



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