THE WOLF. 161 
traps, excepting for Wolves.* It seems that, in order 
to protect their flocks, the monks of Melrose were 
in the habit of setting traps for Wolves as early as the 
reign of William the Lion (1165~-1214).+ Wolfclyde, 
a part of the barony of Culter,in Lanarkshire, passed 
by grant to the Abbey of Melrose in 1431. 
In a grant of Alexander II. (1214-1249) to the 
monks of Melrose, in Ettrick Forest, mention is 
made of “ Wulfhope,” a name stil familiar in the 
south of Roxburghshire.§ 
In 1283, there was an allowance made for “ one 
hunter of Wolves” at Stirling. | 
In 1427, in the reign of James I. of Scotland, an 
Act was passed for the destruction of wolves in that 
kingdom. Further Acts with the like object were 
passed in 1457, in 1525, and in 1577. The Act of 
1525, however, is merely a modernized version of 
the law of 1427, which is referred to in the statute 
of 1577 as “the auld act made tharon.” 
The law required “ that ilk baron within his barony 
in gangand time of the year sall chase and seek the 
quhelpes of Wolves and gar slay them. And the baron 
sall give to the man that slays the Woolfe in his 
barony and brings the baron the head, twa shillings. 
And when the baron ordains to hunt and chase the 
Woolfe, the tenants sall rise with the baron. And 
that the barons hunt in their baronies and chase the 
* Morton’s “ Monastic Annals of Teviotdale,” pp. 273, 274. 
+ Chalmers’ “ Caledonia,” i. p. 132. Chart. Mel. gr. 
£ Morton, op. cit. p. 276. 
§ Chalmers’ “ Caledonia,” ii. p. 132. 
| Innes’ “ Scotland in the Middle Ages,” p. 125. 
