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grandson, about ten years of age. The Wolf had 

 previously seized a younger brother, and torn away 

 a part of his face. Another night he came into the 

 house and took a second, carrying him completely 

 off, nothing more than a small fragment being found. 

 On his third visit, he seized the lad first mentioned 

 by the left shoulder. The little fellow awakened by 

 this grasp, struck him with his hand ; the Wolf let 

 go his hold, and seizing him on the opposite side, 

 broke his collar bone : the poor boy still fought with 

 his left hand ; and his antagonist letting go his hold 

 a second time, grasped him by the fleshy part of the 

 thigh, and ran off with his prey ; nor was it until 

 he had carried him a quarter of a mile, that he could 

 be made to drop him ; when, biting away the pre- 

 cious mouthful, he left the little sufferer with his 

 thigh half severed, but fortunately the bone was not 

 broken. In this state he was brought to us for help, 

 and by daily attention he is perfectly restored. 



" The second instance is of a little girl, about 

 eight years of age, who was reclining on the ground 

 in the cool of .the day, when four of these monsters 

 rushed upon the place. One of them seized the 

 little creature by the head, a second by the shoulder, 

 arid the other two by the thighs. The people of the 

 kraal flew to her help with all possible speed, and 

 succeeded in releasing her, but apparently too late. 

 They tried their medicines for a few days, but find- 

 ing all hope fail, and as from the heat and flies she 

 had now become loathsome, they gave her the choice 

 either to be put to death by the youths of the place, 



