24 WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



others a dusky black, or very dark brown, others jetty 

 black or dusky black with somewhat lighter coloring 

 on the under parts. Many of them had brown ears. 

 That the black wolf was a separate variety is upheld 

 li)- the fact that its general contour was different from 

 the others. This will be seen exactly in Chapter IV, 

 ])y studying the descriptions and dimensions of the 

 black w(-)lves as differentiated from the other kinds. 

 As far as intelligence went, the black wolf was far 

 the superior of the others. It was susceptible of 

 domestication, ^nd would have made the ideal hunting 

 dog of Pennsylvania. In the Jura ^Mountains, on the 

 borders of France and Switzerland, two varieties of 

 wolves were found occupying adjacent territory. The 

 grc)' wolf inhabited the great forests on the plains and 

 the first plateau, while the black wolf was found in the 

 high mountain regions embracing the second and third 

 pleateaus. Dr. W. J. McKnight, in his "Pioneer Out- 

 line history of Northwestern Pennsylvania," states 

 "the pioneer hunter would sometimes raise a wolf 

 pup. This pup would be a dog in every sense 

 of the word until about two years old, and then 

 would be a wolf in all his acts." Audubon in 

 his "Quadrupeds of North America" says: "Once 

 when we were traveling" on foot not far from the 

 Southern boundary of Kentucky, we fell in with a 

 black wolf, following a man with his rifle on his shoul- 

 der. On speaking with him about this animal, he as- 

 sured us that it was as tame and gentle as a dog, and 

 that he had never met a doe; that could trail a deer bet- 



