66 ■ CARNIVORA. 



In 1883, 1,308 were killed at premiums about £4,105 



In 1884, 1,035 „ „ .£3,200 



In 1885, 900 „ „ £2,600 



In 1886, 760 „ „ £2,284 



In 1887, 701 „ „ £1,920 



In 1887 the departments where most Wolves were 



killed were the Dordogne (109), Charente (68), Yienne 



(50), Haute-Vienne (47), situated nearly in the centre of 



France ; it is still hunted in that country. 



The Common Wolf is of a bolder and fiercer disposition 

 than its American cousin (which, although-larger, is more 

 cowardly) ; in some instances, it attacks man without 

 fear, and every one is familiar with the thrilling sledge 

 adventures which have happened. 



In olden times, in wild and thinly-populated districts, 

 such as Flixton in Yorkshire, places of refuge from 

 Wolves were erected for the convenience of travellers. 

 It was then so common in Britain, during the times of 

 the Heptarchy, that January was the " Wolf Month " of 

 the Anglo-Saxons. {Standard, 25th November, 1884.) 



In 1684, in a fair held on the ice on the Thames, 

 the pelts of Irish Wolves occupied a prominent position 

 in the show. 



Mr. J. E. Harting says that, " as far as can be ascer- 

 tained, it appears that the Wolf became extinct in 

 England during the reign of Henry YIL, that it survived 

 in Scotland until 1743, and that the last of these 

 animals was killed in Ireland, according to Eichardson, 

 in 1770, or, according to Sir James Emerson Tennant, 

 subsequently to 1766." 



The Welsh, in w4iose country the wild fauna existed 

 to a much later date than in England, paid a tribute 

 to Edward I. in Wolf heads. 



The names of Wolfshole, Wolf scrag, etc., denote the 



