The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-17
NS!E-Hsrnt,..G IA Es'sSEia.

VIVID ACCOUNT OF IIINT!>G ADVENTURES
PrSSIA-TGE EXClT!,J E.ICi.--IiiE BATTLE
WITH TIE WOLVES.
A correspondent Of the London -l2ra1ng
Post gives a lively account 81 WOl.-huDtng,
which is one of the fYoli:c sports in those
n.rts OF Russia where tie animals lave not
diSanDcaic,l before aGraucing civilization.
Al some abnormal! hour between night Gnd
rornin" YOU are AROUSED by q vigorous
slrlke and Il hoalsc aGnonition to "tumhie
ID. and look smrp about it. FOR there's 10
fine to rsc.' You make 4 l.a.ty o:'et, ana
sallying forth, see in front Of yonr hut, il
the dim lirht Of the comm" dawn, a huge,
dark. s!iarcitss mass, which. rs your eyes
ret U..d to the di!knc.S, ASSUMES the form 81
n bread, heavy, thrcn-hCr>c sl@dSG with yci"
high side. uGt unlike an cnor'n"uI washing
tub. around which liz th:oc n i"tr spectral
figures With lanterns, the ii:In! :2!:!r" making
their ariGl, hclIded faces look ,,r:1!nrr anI
less human than ever. G!n', @H!l,;!:l!t;@E,
LAYERS lckS, &c, ire slowed away in HE lot
tom Of the conveyance, aNd last, lat no;
east. Young pig, protesting against his al
(ilctian VITA loulIcs5 AID t':cnrr that
that would DO honor to Hyde Park h"ct'
ing.
All being row ready, tie hunters squeeze
themselves into tilci' places. the driver :haheS
his rcins with Il wild w.iIor, ana away Sc
20 into tile darkness. Mile after nile o: tic
frozen waste goes by like y drelm,' ill at
icnmth the spectral shadows Of iGe forest
!cgin to gather around Us, aud tic sGucais
of our Unllcby pig (whc>c ears one or the
party is now pinchins vigorously bcgin TO
be answered by another sound, which no
one who has vet heard it will easily forget.
Not the long melancholy howl whcrewiih .
suppcrscSs wollmay be heard bcnloaniug him
self on the outskirts Of our VILLAGE any night
in the week, but the quick, Snlriing cry OF one
who secs bis food coming and wishes 70
hasten it. And there they come at las, the
caunt. why, .'0Iclia2 fellows, with their
oushy tall, and lat, nari'ow heads, and yell
low, tLievisb. murderouS eyes. Cr2ck. the
foremost of the pack rolls over on his side,
kicking convusi, ely; but the rest 9,,'i!op OF
unhccdine. Crack. crack and two More
fall dead. bloitiDg the Slow with smear Of
dull crimson. Some Of the holdest purSUc!S
swarm up to tie sledCe, and attempt IL leap
over its projecting sides, while We pound their
heads with the butt ends of cur pieces, and
chop their paws with hatchcts, and slash
them across the eyes with huntng-knlyGS,
tie two hindmoSt OF our party meanwhile
blaziny away ever our shoulders as fast rs
they can load. And so fol- 4 long TING tie
running fight GOES ticrcely on, making alto
getl.er very striking tibcau.
But the pace is too still 10 iast' rs cur
leader remarks with j knowing grin. \ run
ut full speed through the deep snow tries
even Il full-grpwn wolf too severely TO be
continued beyond certain time, and in the
face OF stout resistance the beasts Inherent
cowardice is sure to Collie to tue surface
sooner or Inter- Already three or four gaunt,
shaggy veterans, who have probably had a
good supper overnight, began to hang back
us if doubling tie wisdom OF rishinS their
lives for Hypothetical breakfast. The speea
of the rest Sackens by degrees, and at lensth
the whole pack drop of as il by taclt agree
ment, leaving LIS to pursue our way hnnc-
Tested. As We emerge again upon the open
plain, across which the first beams OF the
rising sun are just beginning to fall, We see
the last OF our grim followers Blinking like .
bela.ed spectre into the gloomy shadows OF
the forest which we have Quilted.