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. 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 At the spot wliere tlie luint Avas to begin we tin IK (1 about and tlirew out our l)ag of liay; then we twisted the pigs ear and lie piotc^ted -with a loud squeal. An answering howl came from the forest, and seemingly not a dozen yards away. Anoth- ei howl and another follow^ed quickly, and then the air was full of them. In a minute or so a darkform was revealed on the snow^behind ns, and making straightfor the hay-bag. Selmanoff gaveme the
. 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 At the spot wliere tlie luint Avas to begin we tin IK (1 about and tlirew out our l)ag of liay; then we twisted the pigs ear and lie piotc^ted -with a loud squeal. An answering howl came from the forest, and seemingly not a dozen yards away. Anoth- ei howl and another follow^ed quickly, and then the air was full of them. In a minute or so a darkform was revealed on the snow^behind ns, and making straightfor the hay-bag. Selmanoff gaveme the first fire, and I took wolf fell at my shot just ashe was within a few yards of thebag. But another came, and thenanother, and in a few minutesthere were a dozen or more insight. AVe shot thein as fast asthey came within range, but the numbers did not diminish. The shoot- SDMMEK AND WINTER IN RUSSIA. CHASED BY WOLVES. 387 ing and the howling of the wolves frightened the horses, and the driverliad a difficult task to restrain them. As the wolves increased in nnniber, we saw we were in danger; theextent of the pack was far beyond our expectati
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