SANGUINARY ONSLAUGHTS. 4 73 



several desperate attempts to get him over this obstruction ; 

 but owing to the youth's violent resistance, and the weight 

 of the burthen, he was unable to accomplish his purpose. 

 In the meanwhile the cries of the youth, and the bellowing 

 of the cattle, brought people out of the house, who presently 

 relieved him from his perilous situation. And they came 

 in the very nick of time, for at the instant a second wolf 

 was observed, at about one hundred paces' distance, rush- 

 ing down from the forest to share the booty with his 

 fellow. The youth was wounded in several places, and the 

 deep scars his person still bears, testify to the injuries he 

 received on the occasion. 



" Fright and an excited imagination," M. Lonegren con- 

 cludes by saying, " caused the peasantry to believe that 

 the wolves, which, at the period in question, attacked and 

 destroyed so many people, both in colour and formation were 

 totally different from common wolves." 



