Mowat describes the "desiderata" of his study, which includes: a canoe without a bow or a stern (the end sections were shipped to the wrong location), two rifles, a revolver, two shotguns, wolf traps, wolf poison traps called "wolf getters," and grain alcohol for the preservation of animal stomachs. He immediately sets out to find a bush pilot who will take him further north, but is dismayed to find that the only existing pilot does not believe that he is "to do research on wolves." Several speculative stories develop regarding Mowat's presence in the town of Churchill. Some people believe that he is a member of a gang of gold-thieves; others believe that he is a prospector who knows the whereabouts of a secret mine. Still others believe that he is on a.....
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