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As I turned to re-load Kanchin raised his gun to shoot a wolf approaching the right of the sledge. His shot was successful, the wolf falling dead upon the snow. "I re-loaded very quickly, and when I looked up there were three wolves running toward me, while as many more were visible on Kanchin's side.
I grasped Kanchin's arm and asked how we could turn the corner into the main road. Should we attempt it at full speed the sledge would be overturned. If we slackened our pace the wolves would be upon us. "I felt my friend trembling in my grasp but his voice was firm. "'When I say the word, he replied, giving me his hunting knife, 'lean over and cut the rope of the decoy.
"Not only behind and on either side but away to the front, I could see their dark forms. We fired and loaded and fired again, every shot telling but not availing to stop the pursuit. "The driver did not need Kanchin's shout of 'poshol! and the horses exerted every nerve without being urged. But with all our speed we could not outstrip the wolves that grew every moment more numerous.