THE WOLF. 157 
some such little cirques to the Druids, I have men- 
tioned it here for the further examination of anti- 
quaries, who are desired to take notice that if ever 
there was a wall here of any strength, the best stones 
must have been carried away ; for what are left are 
extremely rude, and totally unfit of themselves to 
compose any sort of building; also that these few 
insignificant pebbles, as they now appear, must be of 
considerable antiquity, as well as once have been of 
considerable account, because they give the name of 
Ringstone Edge to a large tract of land around them.” 
The late Wm. Hamper, F.S.A., in some learned 
observations on certain ancient pillars of memorial 
called Hoar Stones (“‘Archzeologia,” xxv.), gives a list 
of such as were known to him, and, in particular, 
mentions (p. 53) the wo/f-stone, a single merestone, 
one immense natural block on Dr. Whitaker's estate, 
which, in all probability, was erected to commemorate 
some notabie slaughter of Wolves in days gone by. 
The fur of the Wolf was formerly used for trimming 
robes, and was employed for this purpose at least as 
late as the time of Elizabeth. In a will dated 1573 
preserved in the Registry of the Prerogative Court 
of Canterbury the following clause occurs :— 
“ Also I give unto my son Tyble my sherte gown 
Faced with Wolf and laid with Billement’s lace ; also I 
give unto my brother Cowper my other sherte gown 
faced with foxe; also I give unto Thomas Walker 
my night gown faced with coney, with one lace also, 
and my ready [ruddy] colored hose.” 
Where the testator procured the Wolf-skin it is of 
