Wol 



ves 



by the Earl of AthoU for King James V. entirely 

 upsets the Pope's declaration. This was in the year 

 1528, when Wolves were numbered amongst the victims 

 of the raid then made. Again, in 1563, one reads of 

 an organized hunt within this same Earl's domains, 

 when Queen Mary was being entertained in Perth- 

 shire. This sovereign lady " ordered one of the fiercest 

 dogs to be slipped at a Wolf " on this occasion ; 

 and it seems that the miscellaneous bag of game 

 then captured or slain embraced no fewer than five 

 Wolves. 



In 1577, again, one reads in the old Statistical Account 

 that " the spittal of Glenshee — an hospital, or house of 

 refuge for travellers from Wolves — " had been erected 

 on this frontier of the Grampian range. Many such 

 havens of security against the attacks of Wolves, it 

 would appear, had been previously built, clearly 

 indicating that the animals were even at that day 

 dreaded by the natives. 



Various claims have been put forth anent the slaying 

 of the last Wolf in Scotland, chief amongst these being 

 that of Sir Ewen Cameron ; but tradition seems to 

 cling tenaciously to the name of one Macqueen in this 

 connection. Macqueen was a small laird at Pollochaig, 

 and owned allegiance to The Mackintosh. He is said 

 to have stood almost seven feet in height, and was 

 proportionately built, yet agile as a Roebuck. The 

 story goes that one evening a lone woman with her 

 two children were crossing Strathdearn from Cawdor 



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