The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-05-08

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re we'll ns va c1nli. and Il attacked {.
mount 10 the top u the sledgc aud
there defend our.rlyr- a- well and ~ long
o. He could Tho wind drowned c,rn
NOISE We could not hear any how ing.
hut through The mist. % hundred aud
hity or two hundred yards AVA
~ dieoorned "a small black
point which W. certainly had not OBJ
served before, aud then Others. which
We decided could only be- wolves ur else
dwarf shrubs cleared ~ snow by the
driving blast We watched them close.
w. They seemed to move We de.
tcrmincd 10 give them a yolley We
fired The black spots were still there.
Either we had made very lucky shots tess
n most improbable thing or the points
were onli shrubs planted by the road
side to guide the slrdgc drivers over
the snowy wastes. Which they were /
am quite unable 10 say, although my In.
tcrpret"r, who had for three years been
n dwcllcr In Siberia, insisted on making
wolves out ot them All that | know Is
that ~ last, weary and chilled, care.
less whether wolye, came or not. We
got into our sledge. buried ourselves in
our furs and waited for dcliyerancc. II
was q long, anxious wait. and II was
only after five hours had elapsed that,
We heard the welcome Jingle Of har.
ness bells. We were saved Hut In the
meantime W. had slept .oundly. The
wolves were, ! am afraid. nothing but
bushes.
Altogether my EXPERIENCES Of Siberian
wolves were not exciting, and am com,
PEELED 10 say that those on the Orenburg
sicppes are not In the habit Of attacking
travellers. They are arrant towards they
may follow solitary travellers. but As a
rule they Coninr their attacks 10 the
farm-yards of the villages or watch their
opportunity during the day 10 get nj a
Young. juicy, but indiscrcet horse that
has wandered away from the drove or a
sheep that has straycd away from the
1ock and their nomadic shepherds. Dur
ing all my long journeys ! saw, a. said.
only fourteen, besides the imaginary
ones In the urals. One evening. three
day, after the above adventure. while
watching the drcafy snow landscape. NV
companion suddenly shouted out.
"Therc thcy areI' SURE enough. there
were the wolves. looked out Of the
sled and saw eleven II the hruies
They were As big again a. good.sized
foxes. and were passing quite acrn,,
The ruad In front Of IL Ia q very leisurely
manner. After We had passed they
stopped and calmly looked at u !. or.
dcrcd the ycm,hlk 10 stop the team.
AMI. getting ont NJ the sled. W. had
time TO take out our rifles. load them
aud fire before they ever attempted 10
move Even then they only went away
In q most digniied and insulting man.
ner, n Il they were not quite sure what
was best Ia b. done under the circum.
stances whether 10 remain In the line
Of tire, where they were comparatively
safe, OF BY running away. put them.
selves Intentionally IN the way II acct.
dental aud sudden death. Another
time two wolves crossed the road and
waited for ~ 10 have a shot At them H..
fore they thought u Looping Of TO safer
quarters.
To prove how little danger the IA.
tives aud dweller. ~ the Orenhurr
siepp-s consider they arr In from wolye,
! may say that the driver. scarcely cvei
notice their presence. The Kirghes,
and Cossacks who dwell on the Oren
burg plains have much Of their bes'
sport Ia w0lf.huniing. Whenever the,
want 10 chastise the bmies for robhinl
them oi their stock and deyouring a "a.
lamb or tao. they mount their lee.
little horses. aud armed with a heav,
cluh. LET MI 10 hunt down the marau
ders on the sieppes This they cat
easily DO when the snow Is deep and no.
yet firmly frozen over. since the vol
sinks through the snow at every s,eI
and becomes exhausted. until final
" he sits down on his haunches II
the snow and quietly awaits for IN,
hunter to knock him on the heal with
his club In summer the KirghsS.
hunt the wolves down in a similar man
ner on the steppes, using a lasso In
stead Of n club. The high. prckl,
growth % the prairies prevents IN,
brute. from running far. and the,
fall an easy prey to-. the hunter
A for wolves following me sleds / an
inclined to doubt that they do this o,
the great post-roads. II j. the one alb
sorbing task Of atrAveler. In Siberia /,
tell when he gets home Of the wild rae,
before the pursuing wolves N dcsc,ih,
no" be shot the Que that %approache,
nearest the sledge, how the brute soon
panions stopped to devour their lat
leader while the yemshik whipped u
his horses At terrific speed until TIL
danger was past and the Traveller wa
safely deposited al the neSt post-station
These stories are capital reading II
books. but the facts are quite difercn,
Az every sianzia or posi-hoa-e there ar
. number OF g~ood-naiured dog, pets o
the yemshiks, who dearly love % follov
their master or friend 10 the nett ia
ton and back. Most frequently
couple of dogs will take IL into thei
heads to journey In company, havinI
nothing else In the wide world 10 do
Bu, The expedition may prove danger