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quarters in France or Savoy. In Russia, 
Sweden and Norway, as might be expected, 
wolves are still very numerous. It is said 
that, in the course of the wars of Napoleon, 
Siberian wolves were found in Poland and 
even in Prussia,—they having followed the 
armies in their marches to feed not only 
upon the slain but upon the dead horses 
and other offal left in the track of the host. 
This well-known fact of wolves following 
in the march of armies may perhaps explain 
how the same varieties come to be so gene¬ 
rally diffused over the whole of Europe and 
Asia.” 
“I suppose wolves are very cunning,” 
said Daisy, who perhaps was thinking of 
poor little “Red Riding-Hood.” 
“In thickly-inhabited countries, where 
they have many enemies and are often re¬ 
duced to extremities of hunger, they seem 
to become so. Colonel Hamilton Smith 
gives a very lively description of their 
habits, which I will read to you. He says,— 
“‘They never quit cover to windward; 
they trot along its edges till the wind of the 
open country comes towards them and they 
can be assured by their scent that no sus- 
