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of these animals single-handed. One of them 

 had come into the farmyard at night, and had 

 taken a young pig, whose squeals roused every- 

 body. The wolf loped off with his booty, the 

 dog running after and overtaking him in the 

 darkness. The struggle was short, for the dog 

 had seized the wolf by the throat, and the latter 

 could not shake him off, though he made the 

 most desperate efforts, rising on his hind-legs 

 and pressing the dog down with his fore-paws. 

 This time the victor escaped scathless, but in 

 his second fight, when he strangled a still larger 

 wolf, he was severely punished. The wolf had 

 seized a sheep, when the dog, rushing on him, 

 caused him to leave his quarry. Instead of 

 running, he turned to bay at once, taking off 

 one of his assailant's ears with a snap. The 

 dog did not get a good hold, and the wolf 

 scored him across the shoulders and flung him 

 off. They then faced each other for a minute, 

 and at the next dash the dog made good his 

 throat-hold, and throttled the wolf, though the 

 latter contrived to get his foe's fore-leg into 

 his jaws and broke it clean through." 



Lastly, this great hunter refers to wolves 

 attacking men, as follows : 



