AMERICAN GREY WOLF. 2 81 
Tho above description and measurements w ere taken from a specimen 
an OhTTe ^ Prof. Ktnrnanp, J CIeve . 
full wbrtr pli ~ IU ‘ W to "T- “ d «• - course, in 
S i5fi° Ojl! Se ” ml habiK of tbe woIres in our second volume 
LteS % Z:: d rd f rrr rr r; the 
Mr t„° w ; s rrir: (2 G Wo h r howemr - thmeit u i « - ^ 
bead’ like that ot a lion. M ° S " 1,1 ' JeScribed “ “d with a 
The Rev. John Bachman, D. D. : 
at 1 " P n”" 1 *' ‘ *" daJS 
yourself and other T ! •” ! agr0eable eyenin g> in company with 
brought together— voT naturalists > whom your arrival had 
of anecdotes illustrative Vd/ 0 T “ gl ° wing language a variety 
families ^ ^ ° f ^ 
whether t t a , . ’ d > ill the course of conversation, you inquired 
whether I had met, in the west, the Giant Wolf of N. Ammdca. I Then 
a r ripiTTnTThe 61113 ’ rt ° ccurred at F ° rt Gibs ° n severai 
of this? g u greater fleetaess > P°wer of endurance, and courage 
this species, when compared with the common wolf. As vou were 
:r 
(L. Occidentalism md \ T ’ n0t unfre 1 uentl y a common wolf 
The W w ’ ’ 1WW then ’ the giant woIf ^self (L. Givas) 
fleetness aTVr s hT reCOgni8ed ’ at & b * his sl « and his 
for two or tl ’ 1 Was generall T u P° n the lookout, it seemed impossible 
” 01 ‘‘ "°™“' "*» » *» greyhounds, to approach 
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