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A V\'OLF'-HOUSE OR SNARE. [1820. 
the middle of the stream, till we were nearly ex- 
hausted. Kriiisman tried to cross directly to 
the opposite side, but the water soon reaching 
to his neck, he called to us not to follow him, 
and was glad when he rejoined us. Observing a 
bed of gravel considerably higher up, which 
appeared jutting out from the side, and extending 
nearly to the middle of the river, we determined 
to attempt reaching it. Though my old horse 
stumbled several times over large stones, and 
nearly threw me into the water, I had no reason 
to complain of him, considering the depth and 
strength of the stream. At length, exactly at 
sunset, we reached the gravel, and by means of 
it got safely across, after struggling in the water 
for about half an hour. It was almost dark 
when we arrived at the place where the waggons 
were stationed. 
The residents had been much annoyed by wolves ; 
in consequence of which they built what is called 
a wolf-house, or snare ; the walls were of stone, 
higher than these animals could spring over, and 
the place was furnished with a trap-door. A 
wolf had been caught in it during the night- 
time, but he burrowed under the wall, and 
effected his escape before the morning. Falling 
in with a cow he attacked her, but she defended 
herself vigorously, and at length killed him with 
her horns. 
