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Up to this time the caribou had been let 

 severely alone, though they were very nu- 

 merous, scattered through the dense coverts 

 in every, valley and on every hillside. For 

 Wayeeses is no wanton killer, as he is so 

 often represented to be, but sticks to small 

 game whenever he can find it, and leaves 

 the deer unmolested. As for his motive 

 in the matter, who shall say, since no one 

 understands the half of what a wolf does 

 every day ? Perhaps it is a mere matter of 

 taste, a preference for the smaller and more 

 juicy tidbits ; more likely it is a combina- 

 tion of instinct and judgment, with a possible 

 outlook for the future unusual with beasts 

 of prey. The moment the young wolves 

 take to harrying the deer — as they invari- 

 ably do if the mother wolf be not with them 

 — the caribou leave the country. The herds 

 become, moreover, so wild and suspicious 

 after a very little wolf hunting that they are 

 exceedingly difficult of approach ; and there 

 is no living thing on earth, not even a white 

 wolf or a trained greyhound, that can tire or 

 overtake a startled caribou. The swing-in"; 



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