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district has of recent years rapidly been brought 

 within reach of civilisation/* Muskoka and Parry 

 Sound, by Thos. McMurray, 1871. 



" The grey wolf," says Rowan, " is a wander- 

 ing animal, sometimes found in one district, 

 sometimes in another, its movements depending 

 a good deal upon those of its prey, viz., the 

 caribou and the Virginian deer. It is seldom 

 seen by the hunter, though its tracks in the 

 snow when in pursuit of deer are frequently 

 met with. In my trapping experiences I only 

 killed one of these animals, which I found in a 

 deadfall set for bear, and baited with beaver 

 meat. I am told that in summer they frequently 

 prowl around the dams and lodges, on the chance 

 of picking up a stray beaver. Their howl is 

 most dismal, even more so than that of a 

 chained-up dog. On one occasion, when moose- 

 calling in a lake in New Brunswick, just as 

 darkness set in, a wolf, in response to the 

 melancholy note of our birch-bark trumpet, com- 

 menced a dismal howl on one end of the lake ; 

 he was presently answered by another in an 

 opposite direction, and the howl or wail was 

 taken up by two or three other animals in 

 different directions all around us. Hearing the 



