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them from the companionship of their fellows. 



In the eastern United States the wolf is 

 almost extinct, but in the unsettled parts of 

 Canada it is still to be found in considerable 

 abundance. In 1893, and again in 1895, wolves 

 were killed in the Adirondacks, but I know of 

 no authenticated recent capture of this species 

 in Maine. In 1895 a litter of wolf cubs was 

 reported to have been killed not far from Jer- 

 seyville, 111., the mother having been seen in 

 that neighborhood several times in previous 

 years. In the Southern States, in sparsely 

 settled districts near the Gulf of Mexico, 

 wolves are said to be even now not very un- 

 common, and within a few years past several 

 have been seen in the wilder and more moun- 

 tainous portions of Tennessee. 



It is not until the Missouri River is crossed, 

 however, that the wolf occurs in any abund- 

 ance; but when the cattle country is reached 

 they are found to be more or less numerous, 

 though they do not increase nearly so fast as 

 does the coyote. At the same time in many 

 sections of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and 

 Texas, they are numerous enough to cause 

 very serious loss to the stockmen. 



Notwithstanding the fact that ever since 

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