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           ButitwasenoughtohaveterrifiedaboldermanthanI;and,indeed,italarmedallourcompany,when,withthenoiseofFriday’spistol,weheardonbothsidesthedismallesthowlingofwolves; andthenoise,redoubledbytheechoofthemountains,thatitwastousasiftherehadbeenaprodigiousmultitudeofthem; andperhapsindeedtherewasnotsuchafewasthatwehadnocauseofapprehensions. 

           However,asFridayhadkilledthiswolf,theotherthathadfasteneduponthehorselefthimimmediatelyandfled,havinghappilyfasteneduponhishead,wherethebossesofthebridlehadstuckinhisteeth,sothathehadnotdonehimmuchhurt. Theman,indeed,wasmosthurt; fortheragingcreaturehadbithimtwice,onceonthearm,andtheothertimealittleabovehisknee; andhewasjust,asitwere,tumblingdownbythedisorderofhishorse,whenFridaycameupandshotthewolf. 

           ItiseasytosupposethatatthenoiseofFriday’spistolweallmendedourpace,andridupasfastastheway,whichwasverydifficult,shouldgiveusleave,toseewhatwasthematter. Assoonaswecameclearofthetrees,whichblindedusbefore,wesawclearlywhathadbeenthecase,andhowFridayhaddisengagedthepoorguide,thoughwedidnotpresentlydiscernwhatkindofcreatureitwashehadkilled. 

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