CHAPTER XXVIII. 



METHODS OF CAPTURING WOLVES SUPERSTITION CHASE ON SKI DOR 

 HUNTING WITH DOGS SEARCHING FOR THE LYA LUDER-PLATS A PIG 

 THE DECOY THE CORNET'S ADVENTURE THE VARG-GROP THE PARSON 

 IN DIFFICULTY THE VARG-GARD THE GLUGG STEEL TRAPS THE 

 BRANDAR THE VARG-KROK POISON SELF-CAPTURE. 



" THE wolf in some places," M. von Greiff tells us, " taxes 

 the peasant higher than the Crown." The antipathy to 

 the beast is still farther increased by the prevalent idea that 

 he is some evil spirit incarnate ! According to the Northern 

 Mythology, indeed, the giantess Angerboda bore wolves to 

 Loke, den Onde, or the Wicked God : 



" Eastward, in the forest of iron, 

 Sat the Evil One, 

 And there begat 

 The young wolves." 



" And from hence," we also read, " all the different races 

 of wolves are descended." 



The superstitious notions entertained in Scandinavia re- 

 garding the wolf, are multitudinous. In certain districts, 



