Then I went on into the forest and howled like a wolf. They knew my

voice, the ghost-wolves, and howled in answer from far and near. Then

I heard the pattering of their feet, and they came round me by tens

and by twenties, and fawned upon me. I counted their number; they

numbered three hundred and sixty and three.

"Afterwards, I went on to the cave, and I have lived there in the

cave, Umslopogaas, for nigh upon twelve moons, and I have become a

wolf-man. For with the wolves I hunt and raven, and they know me, and