. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across is only in Western Russia and in Poland that travellers are attacked bywolves, and then only in the severest winters, when game is very scarceand hunger has made the animals desperate. Please tell us one of those stories, said Frank. I have read ac-counts of men being chased by wolves, but have just now forgotten whatthey were. The request was echoed by Fred, and Mr. liegeman kindly gratifiedtheir wish. To begin with, said he, the horses ar
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across is only in Western Russia and in Poland that travellers are attacked bywolves, and then only in the severest winters, when game is very scarceand hunger has made the animals desperate. Please tell us one of those stories, said Frank. I have read ac-counts of men being chased by wolves, but have just now forgotten whatthey were. The request was echoed by Fred, and Mr. liegeman kindly gratifiedtheir wish. To begin with, said he, the horses are the object of attack and notthe men in the vehicle; but of course when the horses are overpowered 384 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. the wolves nicake no distinction and devour everything edible. When des-perate they will venture to the farm-yards to kill sheep and cattle. Theirfavorite article of food, other than wild game, is a pig, and the squealingof a pig is an appeal that no hungry wolf can resist. * Advantage of this propensity is taken by those who go out to huntthe wolf for amusement. On a moonHght night two hunters go out with. WOLVES ATTACKING A BUFFALO. an open sledge drawn by two liorses; they carry their guns, with plentyof ammunition, a pig tied by the feet, and a bag of hay, together withfurs and robes to keep them warm. When they reach the middle of theforest where the wolves abound, the horses heads are turned towards home,the bag of hay, fastened to a rope from twenty to forty feet long, is thrownout, and the pigs ear is pinched until the poor creature squeals in his loud-est tones. If a wolf is within hearing he comes at once, and if there are oth-er wolves they follow him and his example. The pigs ear is continuallytwisted; the squealing resounds through the forest, and when the wolvescome in sight they mistake the bag of hay for the animal they rush for it, and as they come within range are shot down. The A EUSSIAN WOLF STORY. 385 Bl
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