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Friday had killed this wolf, the other that had fastened upon
the horse left him immediately, and fled, without doing him
any damage, having happily fastened upon his head, where
the bosses of the bridle had stuck in his teeth. But the man
was most hurt; for the raging creature had bit him twice,
once in the arm, and the other time a little above his knee;
and though he had made some defence, he was just tum-
bling down by the disorder of his horse, when Friday came
up and shot the wolf.
It is easy to suppose that at the noise of Friday’s pistol we
all mended our pace, and rode up as fast as the way, which
was very difficult, would give us leave, to see what was the
matter. As soon as we came clear of the trees, which blind-
ed us before, we saw clearly what had been the case, and
how Friday had disengaged the poor guide, though we did
not presently discern what kind of creature it was he had
killed.