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still most excellent hunters. The hunting hound still retains the 
original instinct to hunt in packs like the wolf, an instinct which, 
in the collie, has been developed into herding.! 
These habits are not far from those of the wolf of the woods. 
This skillful hunter does not charge his prey, but he hunts 
systematically, singly, or in packs. A man being stalked by 
Fic. 36. Prize-winning great Danes, the largest of all dogs. Winderbourne 
kennels, Washington, D.C. 
wolves would be long unaware of his peril. He might see a 
single wolf running off to the side at a considerable distance, 
apparently disappearing in the bushes. Presently he might see 
another, perhaps following, perhaps in another quarter. If new 
to the woods, he might think that wolves were plenty but all 
great cowards, while if he knew their habits in hunting, he would 
1 Read “ Bob, Son of Battle,” in this connection. 
