IN REIGN OF JAMES I. 5 



Prince of Wales in the time of King John, and 

 his dog Gelert who saved the child from the 

 wolf, is a household word to this day. 



To come to Scotland, the historical notices, 

 stones, and traditions as to wolves are so 

 numerous that a few examples must suffice : 



In 1427, in the reign of James I. of Scotland, 

 an Act was passed for the destruction of wolves, 1 

 and there were many subsequent Acts for the 

 same purpose. Among other things the law 

 required : ' ilk baron sail chase and seek the 

 quhelpes of wolves and gar slay them and sail 

 give to the man that slays the Woolfe twa 

 shillings. 7 In James II.'s time the reward is as 

 follows : ' Whatsumever hee bee that slays ane 

 Woolfe sail have sex penny es.' 1 Lindsay, in 

 Chronicles of Scotland, relates that in a hunt in 

 1528 in Atholl, provided for King James V. by 

 the Earl of Atholl, ' Woulff, fox and wild Cattis ' 

 together with ' harts and hynds ' were slain. 



Again in 1563, in a hunt organised by the 

 4th Earl of Atholl for Queen Mary, when 2000 

 men were employed, 5 wolves, together with 

 360 deer, were among the spoils of the three 

 days' chase. 1 Holinshed, in his Scotland till 

 7577, says that so dangerous were the wolves 

 in the Highlands that it became necessary to 



1 Harting, Extinct British Animals. 



