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tliem, and not the effect of tutorage by tlieh- foreign 

 masters. Wolf-hunting appears to have been a 

 favourite pursuit with the ancient Britons. Mem- 

 pricius or Memprys, one of the immediate descendants 

 of Brutus, who reigned until B.C. 980, fell a victim 



CRAXIUM OF WOLF. UNDER SURFACE. {\ XAT. .SIZE.) 



in that year to the Wolves which he delighted to 

 pursue, and was unfortunately devoured by them. 



" Hys brothir lie slwe — 

 For tyl sucoede tyl liym as kyng. 

 It happynde syne at a tuntyng 

 Wytht wolwys hym to weryde be ; 

 Swa endyit his iniquite." 



WyntoiimU C'ronyhil, i. p. 54. 



Blaiddyd, another British monarch (b.c. 863), who 

 seems to have been learned in chemistry, is said to 



