THE WOLF. 



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them, and not the effect of tutorage by their 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 



CRANIUM OS WOLF. UNDER SURFACE. (^ NAT. SIZJi.) 



in that year to the Wolves which he delighted to 

 pursue, and was unfortunately devoured by them. 



" Hys brothir he slwe — 

 For tyl succede tyl hym as kyng. 

 It happynde syne at a huntyng 

 Wytht wolwys hym to weryde be ; 

 Swa endyit his iniquite." 



Wyntownis CronyMl, i. p. 54. 



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

 seems to have been learned in chemistry, is said to 



