had pulled down together. For Upweekis 

 too, though generally a solitary fellow, often 

 roams with a savage band of freebooters to "*&""**& WOfi 



hunt the larger animals in the bitter winter 'JUJ""'^ 



weather. No young wolf would ever run 



into one of these bands alone ; but when the 



pack rolled in upon them like a tempest the 



lynxes would leap squalling away in a blind 



rush; and the two big wolves, cutting in 



from the ends of the charging line, would 



turn a lynx kit deftly aside for the cubs to 



hold. Then another for themselves, and the 



hunt was over, — all but the feast at the end 



of it. 



When a big and cunning lynx took to a 

 tree at the first alarm the wolves would go 

 aside to leeward, where Upweekis could not 

 see them, but where their noses told them 

 perfectly all that he was doing. Then began 

 the long game of patience, the wolves wait- 

 ing for the game to come down, and the lynx 

 waiting for the wolves to go away. Upweekis 

 was at a disadvantage, for he could not see 

 when he had won; and he generally came 

 down in an hour or two, only to find the 



