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    I have seen wolves show more boldness in the pursuit of dogs-their favorite food, according to my experience-than on any other occasion. Setters and retrievers are frequently snapped up within 100 yards of the sportsman, and in broad daylight, when shooting in thick forest: and wolves will prowl round the villages at night and come right into small towns after howling puppies. The peasants seldom show fear of them, and an old woman I knew ran out once in the lightest of garments on a bitterly cold night, only armed with a piece of tin and a stick with which she struck it, shouting loudly to drive off three marauders who howled under her window, whither they had come in the hopes of finding her dogs outside. Some watch-dogs, however, know their enemies, and defend themselves most bravaly, and I saw a big mongrol Newfoundland who showed honerable scars gained in sanguinary fights with wolves. One fine morning I met a young wolf trotting down the high road in such a peaceful, inoffensive manner, that I took him for a large dog, and so lost my chance of a shot by not getting behind covert in time.
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