THE WOLF. 155 
to his inexpressible sorrow, found her body lying on 
this hill or bank, slain by a Wolf, and the ravenous 
beast in the very act of tearing it to pieces, till 
frightened by the dogs. In the first transports of 
his grief the first words that he uttered were, ‘‘ Woe 
to this bank!” since which time it has been com- 
monly called “* Wotobank.’* 
In Lancashire, Dr. Whitaker particularly mentions 
the great forests of Blackburnshire and Bowland as 
“among the last retreats of the Wolf.”’t 
The “ wolds” of Yorkshire appear, from the dates 
of parish books, to have been infested with Wolves 
perhaps later than any other part of England. 
“In the entries at Flixton, Hackston, and Folk- 
ston, in the East Riding of Yorkshire,” says Blaine, 
“are still to be seen memoranda of payments made 
for the destruction of Wolves ata certain rate per 
head. They used to breed in the ‘cars’ below, 
amongst the rushes, furze, and bogs, and in the 
night-time to come up from their dens ; and, unless 
the sheep had been previously driven into the town, 
or the shepherds were indefatigably vigilant, great 
numbers were sure to be destroyed.” } 
Apparently, however, some error has been made in 
the orthography of the localities referred to. Flixton 
is in the parish of Folkton, near Scarboro’”.. We can- 
* Hutchinson, “ Hist. and Antiq. Cumberland” (1794), vol. i. p, 16. 
Upon this tradition was founded an “ elegant elegiac tale” by Mrs. 
Cowley, which will be found prefixed to the second volume of the 
work quoted. 
+ Op. cit. i. p. 205. The last herd of red deer was destroyed there 
in 1805. 
t Blaine’s “ Encyclop. Rural Sports” (1858), p. 105. 
