Both Uses of
prowess
in
The Call of the Wild
- By evening Perrault secured another dog, an old husky, long and lean and gaunt, with a battle-scarred face and a single eye which flashed a warning of prowess that commanded respect.
p. 31.9prowess = superior ability in battle
- He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survived.
p. 165.6 *prowess = superior ability