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it against the ice, under which it would immediately be 

 whirled, a number of the Wolves stood on the ice, and the 

 instant the Deer touched its edge, it was seized by the 

 fierce and hungry animals, dragged out upon the ice, and 

 devoured. In the early lumbering-times upon the Mada- 

 waska, the skeletons of Deer could always be seen, in win- 

 ter, lying on the ice at the foot of the Wolf Portage. 



So numerous were the Wolves on the Madawaska, that, 

 during the years 1840 and 1841, the Deer were driven com- 

 pletely out of the large section of country lying between 

 the High Falls and Keminiskeek Lake — a distance of sixty 

 miles. In 1844 the Deer began gradually to reappear; and 

 when they returned in force to their old haunts, the Wolves 

 followed them, hunting them back to their old habitat, 

 where for years they have been comparatively abundant. 



The old Stony Swamp, on the Richmond road, in the 

 Township of Nepean, twelve miles from Ottawa, was at 

 one time much infested by Wolves, chiefly on account of 

 its having been a famous fastness for Deer. The Wolves 

 of the Stony Swamp did considerable damage amongst the 

 flocks in the neighborhood. 



In connection with this old road, I remember an incident 

 which took place there in the year 1830. In that early 

 period in the history of the County of Carleton, oxen 

 were chiefly used for all purposes of travel and draught by 

 the farmers, simply because they had no horses. Farm 

 produce," such as hay, oats, wheat, corn, and potatoes, were 

 then hauled to By town market on ox-sleighs; and then, as 

 - now, the journey was partly performed in the night. 



One clear, moonlight night, a farmer from the westerly 

 part of Nepean was driving his heavily laden oxen along 

 the lonely windings of the road through the Stony 

 Swamp. The season was winter. He had a small dog 

 with him, which was running along a short distance in 

 front of the team. Suddenly, he heard a piteous howl 

 from the dog, and looking in the direction of the sound, 

 saw an enormous Wolf darting away through the trees with 

 the struggling dog in his mouth. 



