"  Independently  of  the  dreadful  wound  in  the  cheek,  the
poor  deceased  girl  had  several  severe  bruises  on  the  head,  and
many  wounds  in  the  thigh.  A  leather  jacket  that  she  wore
had  probably  saved  her  fieck  and  breast."

"In  the  small  village  of  Jemtbo,  which  contains  only
three  families,"  says  the  Rev.  P.  S.  Lonegren,  Rector  of  the
parish  of  Grarpenberg,  "the  following  catastrophe  occurred
on  the  12th  of  January,  1821,  between  the  hours  of  eleven
and  twdve  in  the  forenoon.  The  people  in  one  of  the
houses  were  making  preparations  for  a  funeral,  and  were
moving  about  the  premises  in  every  direction,  and  being  in
want  of  a  Spje%^  a  little  boy,  aged  six  years  and  a  half,
was  sent  to  fetch  one  from  a  neighbouring  cottage,  distant
only  some  twenty  paces.  On  the  way,  however,  he  was
suddenly  attacked  by  a  wolf,  which,  seizing  hold  of  his
throat,  dragged  him,  together  with  the  Spjell,  across  the
enclosure  to  a  thicket,  scarcely  a  gun-shot  oflF.  The  blood
about  the  spot  made  known  what  had  happened,  and  the
alarm  being  given,  the  people  immediately  pursued  the
tracks  of  the  beast.  But  they  came  too  late — though  in
time  to  see  two  wolves  retreat — for  the  body  of  the  lad
was  nil  but  devoured,  and  little  more  than  the  bones  and
the  Spjell  remained.
"A  similar  melancholy  occurrence  happened  in  February
of  the   same  year,  and  at  the  same  hour  of  the  day,  in


•  A  thill  iron  plate  to  close  the  chimney,  thereby  to  retain  warmth  in  the
apartment ;  but  at  times  it  is  used  for  baking  purposes.
472  SANGUINARY   ONSLAUGHTS.
