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com.’ And (undecima pars ibid.) ‘idem Vitali tenuit manerium 
de Laxton de Rege in capite per serjentiam currendi ad lupum 
ad mandatum Regis.’ ”* . 
Bones of this animal have recently been found in Heathery- 
burn Cave, near Stanhope, associated with the remains of other 
animals, and with implements of human manufacture probably 
belonging to the first two centuries of our era. 
Near Wallington some rocks are still called ‘‘ Wolf’s Crag,” 
and on or near the border the names of Wolf-keilder, Woolf-lee 
on Wauchope-burn, Wolf-cleugh, Wolf-hope, &c., still bear 
testimony to the former existence of the wolf in these districts. 
Mr. James Clephan kindly refers us to the following “ legen- 
dary lore.” Reginald’s life of his contemporary, Godric the 
Hermit, (who flourished at Finchale more than half-a-century, 
and died there about 1170,) speaks of the frequency of wolves’ 
in the county, and speculates on the origin of the name of 
Wolsingham, the scene of a hermitage at which Godric had 
graduated. Dr. Raine (who edits the biography) remarks in 
a note, “‘ The first etymology, ‘Habitatio Wlsi,’ is the correct 
one; the second, ‘Lupi Habitatio,’ is incorrect; the third, 
‘Ululatus Lupi,’ is unintelligible.” The Doctor, we may grant, 
decides rightly as to the derivation; but we may fairly conclude 
from the passage that the district was familiar with the howl of 
the wolf. “ When Harrison wrote his description, of Britain, in 
1555, the wolf,” says Dr. R., ‘had long been extinct in Eng- 
land.” But, he goes on:— Harrison adds, however, ‘ This is 
chiefly spoken of the south and south-west parts of the island. 
For we, that dwell on this side of the Tweed, may safely boast 
of our security on this behalf, yet cannot the Scots do the like 
in every point within their kingdom, sith they have grievous 
wolves and cruel foxes.’ (Hollinshed’s Chronicles, i. 378, edit. 
1807.)” This may have been so; and yet, if we may rely upon 
the biographer of Ambrose Barnes, it is doubtful. ‘There is a 
manuscript memoir of the Puritan alderman of Newcastle in 
the library of the Literary and Philosophical Society; and it is 
* Brand, History of Newcastle, London, 1789, II. 393. 
+ Hardy on the Wolf in Scotland, Berwicksh. Trans. IV. 268. 
