CHAPTER XVIII. 
SKATER CHASED BY WOLVES. 
Evrryzopy has read the remarkable adventure with the 
wolves on the ice, related by Mr. Whitehead. The story has 
made so strong an impression upon me, that I cannot resiss 
the temptation of preserving it here, along with the previous 
narrative, as incidental to our “ Wild Scenes,” entirely legiti- 
mate here. I present it with an illustration, as one of th 
most effective stories ever given about wolves.. i 
During the winter of 1844, being engaged in the northern 
part of Maine, I had much leisure to devote to the wild sports 
of a new country. To none of these was I more passionatel7 
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