Wolves and Wolf Nature 



wolf that was following" him was now running 

 faster and catching up. 



When the antelope reached the place where 

 the first wolf was lying hidden, he sprang up, 

 and in a jump or two caught her by the neck 

 and threw her down. At the same moment 

 the two wolves from behind came up, and for 

 a moment there was a scuffle, in which yellow 

 and white and gray and waving tails were all 

 mixed up, and then the three wolves were seen 

 standing there, tearing away at their breakfast. 



I was so much interested in the intelligence 

 shown by the coyotes that I do not think I 

 felt the least sympathy for the antelope. Even 

 if I had wanted to help her I could have done 

 nothing, for she was so tired that the coyotes 

 could easily have caught her after I had gone. 



Mr. Lew Wilmot, an old-timer in the West- 

 ern country, has contributed to Forest and 

 Stream some interesting notes on the hunt- 

 ing habits of the coyote, which are well worth 

 quoting. He says : 



" A few years ago along in the spring, I took 

 my rifle and started up into the open hills to 

 kill some grouse, and when I got up on the 

 top of a small ridge that puts down between 



my creek and the Columbia River, I stood 



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