SANGUINARY ONSLAUGHTS. 469 



" On hearing of the sad occurrence, several persons in- 

 stantly hastened from the Bruk, and following the tracks, 

 soon came up to the boy, who though still alive, expired 

 shortly afterwards ; but of the wolf nothing more was 

 seen. 



" The body of the poor fellow, with the exception of his 

 legs, feet, and one of his arms, was divested of every particle 

 of clothing, even to the shirt itself. It was besides terribly 

 mutilated, although the number of wounds could not be 

 calculated to a certainty. They were found on the head, 

 nose, cheeks, throat, arms, and here and there over the body 

 and thighs. On each side of the nose there were several holes 

 as if from the beast's claws, and others on the neck from his 

 teeth. On one side of the stomach some of the bowels 

 were drawn out ; but with the exception of a part of one of 

 the ears, which was gone, there was not the least portion 

 of the body eaten. 



" For a long time after this terrible catastrophe, the boy 

 Sundmark, owing to the severe shock his nervous system 

 had received, remained in a very melancholy and depressed 

 state. 



"The same day, 10th of February, 1821, at one o'clock, 

 Anna, a girl aged twelve years, daughter of Jan Jansson of 

 Bastmora (distant eight to nine miles from Stjernsund), was 

 carried off by a wolf. 



" The mother had just left her daughter in the cow-house, 

 but hearing a cry of distress, she ran back to see what was 

 the matter, when she found the door of the building closed, 

 and outside of it an overturned pail, in which, to her horror, 

 was lying the bloody flesh of the right cheek of her child, as 

 also the handkerchief that had served for her head-dress. 



