466 SANGUINARY ONSLAUGHTS. 



" From hence the same wolf ran directly to a neighbouring 

 village. It would seem, at least, to have been the identical 

 animal ; for only a very few minutes afterwards a boy was 

 there seized by a wolf, which dragged him over two stone 

 walls. He was fortunately rescued from his perilous situa- 

 tion, however, by some peasants who were assembled in the 

 village for the purpose of celebrating a christening. 



"A wolf was next heard of near to Horndahls-.BmA:,* 

 where he killed a little girl aged eleven years named Stina, 

 daughter of Anders Olsson, within a few stones' throw 

 of her home, which she had just left on an errand. Some 

 peasants, who were crossing the large lake Rossen, which 

 was hard by, saw the beast with the girl lying under him. 

 They tore the corpse from his grasp by force, and laid it 

 on one of their sledges for the purpose of depositing it at 

 the nearest house, which happened to be the child's home. 

 When the parents came out of doors and learnt the sad fate 

 of their offspring, the wolf was there also, and remained 

 awhile without evincing the least fear of the people who were 

 collected. His gluttony and craving for human flesh seems 

 to have been very great; for when on the way from the 

 lake to the cottage, he licked up the blood that ran from 

 the body of the child on to the snow. This tragical event is, 

 for the most part, inscribed in the parish register. The girl 

 was interred on the 4th of February. 



" The same day, in the evening, a wolf made his appear- 

 ance at a house near to the church, and carried away a boy 

 of five years of age, who was standing on some steps outside 



* Brulc, in its common acceptation, signifies iron-works, but is applicable 

 also to other manufactories. 



