THE WILD LIFE OF LAKE SUPERIOR 



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TWO PAIRS OF MOOSK ANTHERS INTERLOCKED 



Each of fifty inches spread, inextricably joined in the deadly rivalry of the mating 

 season, where both contestants were vanquished forever. Found near the center of St. 

 Ignace Island (see page 188). 



every service as a companion or assistant 

 in the labors or pleasures of the day, 

 representing the highest and most intelli-^ 

 gent response to kindly treatment. Re-r 

 version from dog to wolf begins under a 

 cruel master or when half starved and ill- 

 treated by the many barbaric tribes em- 

 ploying the dog as a mere beast of burden. 

 The wolf has had every occasion to fear 

 his human foe, for it has been trapped, 

 poisoned, snared, shot, harassed by 

 hounds, and a price placed upon its head. 

 The survivors know that however much 



the other animals of the forest may stand 

 in awe of them, man is ever their relent- 

 less and successful enemy, and only by 

 the exercise of all their highly developed 

 senses can they hope to escape the same 

 miserable death they so ruthlessly inflict 

 upon their prey. 



THE COURAGE AND FEROCITY OE THE WOLF 

 GREATLY EXAGGERATED 



In the years spent in some of their 

 many ranges on the northern continent, I 

 have never seen more than twenty wolves, 



