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Animal Heroes
·
Ernest Thompson Seton
72
V
THE
LESSON
ON
TRAPS
A
Calf
had
died
in
branding-time
and
now,
two
weeks
later,
was
in
its
best
state
for
perfect
taste,
not
too
fresh,
not
over-ripe--that
is,
in
a
Wolf's
opinion--and
the
wind
carried
this
information
afar.
The
Yellow
Wolf
and
Duskymane
were
out
for
supper,
though
not
yet
knowing
where,
when
the
tidings
of
veal
arrived,
and
they
trotted
up
the
wind.
The
Calf
was
in
an
open
place,
and
plain
to
be
seen
in
the
moonlight.
A
Dog
would
have
trotted
right
up
to
the
carcass,
an
old-time
Wolf
might
have
done
so,
but
constant
war
had
developed
constant
vigilance
in
the
Yellow
Wolf,
and
trusting
nothing
and
no
one
but
her
nose,
she
slacked
her
speed
to
a
walk.
On
coming
in
easy
view
she
stopped,
and
for
long
swung
her
nose,
submitting
the
wind
to
the
closest
possible
chemical
analysis.
She
tried
it
with
her
finest
tests,
blew
all
the
membranes
clean
again
and
tried
it
once
more;
and
this
was
the
report
of
the
trusty
nostrils,
yes,
the
unanimous
report.
First,
rich
and
racy
smell
of
Calf,
seventy
per
cent.;
smells
of
grass,
bugs,
wood,
flowers,
trees,
sand,
and
other
uninteresting
negations,
fifteen
per
cent.;
smell
of
her
Cub
and
herself,
positive
but
ignorable,
ten
per
cent.;
smell
of
human
tracks,
two
per
cent.;
smell
of
smoke,
one
per
cent.;
of
sweaty
leather
smell,
one
per
cent.;
of
human
body-scent
(not
discernible
in
some
samples),
one-half
per
cent.;
smell
of
iron,
a
trace.
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