Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-23

longer be beard. We we're LEFT alone.
A strange feeling comes over the hesrts
Of men left in such a dilemma. Might
nos tbe men who had gone for assist
snce get into still deeper drifts. and
thus succor be delayed for IN indefinite
timer But we resolved to wait pa
tiently and TO watch. We got out our
weapons and determined should wolves
appear to keep them of as well as we
could, and il attacked TO mount to the
top of the sledge and there defend our
selves as well and as long as we could.
The wind drowned every noise. We
could rot hear any bowling, but through
the mist. q hundred and fifty or two
hundred yards away. we discerned
small black point, which We certainly
had not observed before, and then
others, which we decided could only be
wolves or else dwarf shrubs, cleared OF
snow by the driving blasts. We watch
ed them closely. They seemed to move.
We determined TO give them 8 voiley.
We fired. The black spots were still
there. Either We had made very lucky
sbots-s most improbable thing---or the
points were only shrubs planted by the
roadside to guide the sledge drivers over
the snowy wastes. Which they were
I am quite unable TO say, although my
Interpreter, who had for three years been
a dweller in Siberia, insisted on making
wolves cut Of them in his picture. All
know is that at last, weary aud chilled,
careless whether wolves came or not,
We got into our sledge, buried our
selves in our furs, and waited for de-
liysrance. 1t was long, anxious wait,
and it was only after five hours had
elapsed that we heard the welcome JIM
gle Of the harness bells. We were
saved. But In the mean time we had
slept soundly. The wolves were, an
afraid, nothing but bushes.
Altogether ny experiences OF oioe-
rian wolves were not exciting, and am
compelled TO say that those on the Oren-
burg steppes are not in the habit Of al
tacking travellers. They are arrant
towards; they may follow solitary
travellers, but as rule they conine
their attacks to the farm-yards OF the
villages. or watch their opportunity
during the day TO get 81 young, juicy,
but indiscreet horse that has wandered
away from the drove, or sheep that
has strayed away from the flock and
their nomadic shepherds. During al
my long journeys saw, as said, only
fourteen, besides the imagiDery ones in
the Urals. One evening. three days
after the above adventure, while watch
Ing the dreary, snowy landscape, my
companion suddenly shouted out,
There they are Sure enough. there
were the wolves ] looked out Of tbs
sled and saw eleven Of the brutes
They were as big again as good-sizec
foxes, and were passing quite Scross th'
road in front Of us, in q very leisurely
manner. After we had passed they
stopped and calmly looked at Us.
ordered the yemshik to stop the team
and. getting out Of the sled, we hst
time TO take out our rifles. load them
and fire before they ever attempted Il
move. Even then they only went ava,
in q most dignided and insulting man
ner, as if they were not quite sure wh4
was best to be done under the clrcum
stapces-whether 10 remain IN the I'm
Of FIRE, where they were comparativel
safe, or, by running away, put them
selves iDcsutiously in the way OF acc
dental and sudden death. Anothe
time two wolves crossed the road an
waited for US to have shot at ther
before they thought Of Looping Of t
safer quarters.