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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 
place^, who was one night awakened by a noise in his hog- 
pen ; on looking out he saw what he supposed to be a fox 
on the low sloping roof of the sty. He immediately ran out 
in his shirt, but found that the animal was a Grey Wolf, 
which, instead of making off, fiercely attacked him, rushing 
down the roof towards him, and before the man had time to 
move back, the wolf had bitten his arm three times, with 
these quick and repeated snaps, lacerating it from the elbow 
to the wrist : then, however, he leaped from the roof to the 
ground, and by so doing lost his advantage : for the man 
succeeded in seizing him on each side of the neck, with his 
hands, and held him firmly in that position till his wife, 
whom he called out, came up with a large butcher's knife, 
and cut the beast's throat. It was three months before the 
man's arm was healed : every incision^ it was said, piercing 
to the bone. 
C. — The woman must have had some courage, to cut the 
animal's throat. — Is any bounty given for the destruction of 
the wolf? , 
F, — Ten dollars are given in this province ; but I believe 
double that amount is paid in the state of New Hampshire, 
where this encounter took place. The ears of the wolf are 
considered in law as the representative of the animal : these 
being burnt in the presence of any justice of the peace, the 
bounty is claimed. 
C — Is there more than one species of wolf found in this 
country ? 
F, — There are two, the Black f Cams NubilusJ, and 
the Grey (Canis Lzipus^ var. Borealis), The former is 
considered the more ferocious and dangerous, but is rather 
less common. Both kinds have within a few years become 
alarmingly numerous, after having been for a considerable 
time almost unknown in the settlements. Last fall we used 
to hear their dismal bowlings in the adjacent woods almost 
