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  Commission 
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  about 
  fifteen 
  minutes 
  I 
  ran 
  on 
  to 
  it 
  again 
  and 
  it 
  ran 
  off. 
  Again 
  

   in 
  about 
  fifteen 
  minutes 
  I 
  was 
  in 
  advance, 
  sitting 
  up 
  a 
  fallen 
  

   spruce 
  tree 
  waiting 
  for 
  the 
  men 
  to 
  come 
  up. 
  When 
  they 
  came 
  up 
  to 
  

   the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  fallen 
  tree 
  this 
  animal 
  jumped 
  out 
  from 
  under 
  the 
  

   top 
  and 
  ran 
  away. 
  It 
  apparently 
  was 
  hidden 
  there 
  watching 
  me. 
  

   Mr. 
  Donaldson, 
  the 
  ax-man, 
  was 
  within 
  about 
  fifteen 
  feet 
  of 
  it 
  

   and 
  obtained 
  a 
  good 
  view 
  of 
  it 
  and 
  said, 
  ' 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  wolf/ 
  ' 
  : 
  

  

  D. 
  C. 
  WOOD. 
  

  

  " 
  Mr. 
  Wood 
  saw 
  the 
  wolf 
  first 
  and 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  what 
  it 
  was 
  

   and 
  he 
  came 
  and 
  told 
  me 
  about 
  it 
  and 
  I 
  told 
  him 
  I 
  thought 
  it 
  was 
  

   a 
  wolf 
  and 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  if 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  wolf 
  he 
  would 
  see 
  it 
  again, 
  

   as 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  those 
  kind 
  of 
  animals 
  to 
  sly 
  around 
  and 
  

   watch 
  anybody 
  that 
  they 
  saw. 
  We 
  surveyed 
  on 
  a 
  piece 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   Wood 
  and 
  the 
  chainman 
  saw 
  him 
  again 
  and 
  then 
  he 
  ran 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  

   woods 
  and 
  we 
  went 
  on 
  farther 
  and 
  I 
  saw 
  him. 
  He 
  was 
  standing 
  

   at 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  top 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Wood 
  was 
  standing 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  

   end 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  watching 
  Mr. 
  Wood 
  and 
  then 
  I 
  showed 
  him 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  Wood 
  and 
  his 
  son. 
  I 
  knew 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  wolf 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  them 
  

   before. 
  A 
  wolf 
  has 
  four 
  toes 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  wolves 
  in 
  

   there 
  as 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  tracks 
  of 
  wolves 
  when 
  they 
  had 
  crossed 
  

   the 
  small 
  streams 
  of 
  water 
  that 
  run 
  up 
  in 
  there." 
  

  

  CHAS. 
  DONALDSON. 
  

  

  ELK 
  AND 
  WILD 
  BOAR. 
  

  

  The 
  Adirondack 
  elk 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  steadily 
  decreasing 
  in 
  numbers, 
  

   despite 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  well 
  able 
  to 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  

   themselves 
  in 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  feed 
  is 
  concerned. 
  The 
  

   yearling 
  elk 
  resemble 
  deer 
  and 
  are 
  often 
  unintentionally 
  shot 
  by 
  

   hunters 
  who 
  mistake 
  them 
  for 
  deer. 
  The 
  experiment 
  of 
  attempting 
  

   to 
  restock 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  with 
  elk 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  interesting 
  one. 
  

   but 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  above 
  given 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  result 
  in 
  failure. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  wild 
  boars 
  at 
  large 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  State, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  sections 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  increasing 
  in 
  

   numbers. 
  In 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  they 
  forage 
  under 
  the 
  snow 
  and 
  

  

  