. Prairie and forest [microform] : a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. WOLVES. 176 wliito as you approach the Arctic Circle. Tlie texture of the hair in the black wolf is coarse, and his covering scant —that of the red animal similar, but not so much so, while the gray is well provided with an abundant fur, but not equal in quality or texture to the Arctic variety. Here, as. tiUAY WOLVES. in many other races, is to be observed the wonderfu^ pro- vision of nature to enable the animal kingdom to be suita
. Prairie and forest [microform] : a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. WOLVES. 176 wliito as you approach the Arctic Circle. Tlie texture of the hair in the black wolf is coarse, and his covering scant —that of the red animal similar, but not so much so, while the gray is well provided with an abundant fur, but not equal in quality or texture to the Arctic variety. Here, as. tiUAY WOLVES. in many other races, is to be observed the wonderfu^ pro- vision of nature to enable the animal kingdom to be suita- bly clothed for the climate they live in, whether they have to combat with almost tropical heat or hyperborean win- ters. Thus what is generally called the gray wolf is one and the same race with tho black, brown, and white, the change of color being to adapt them to the prevailing tem- perature of the latitude they live in. The two other species are the coyote and prairie-wolf, both much smaller than the aforementioned species, in fact bearing the same relative position to the New World as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gillmore, Parker. New York : Harper
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