{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/prwe/prwe314.htm","path":"neu/eng/prwe/prwe314.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe314.htm","text":"THE LAST WOLF IN ENGLAND\nTHE extirpation of the wolves, which once existed in every part of these islands, is an oft-told story.\nBut it is not generally known that the last native wolf lived in the forests of Ludgvan, near Penzance. The last of his race was a gigantic specimen, and terrible was the havoc made by him on the flocks. Tradition tells us that at last he carried off a child. This could not be endured, so the peasantry all turned out, and this famous wolf was captured at Rospeith, the name of a farm still existing in Ludgvan.","title":"Popular Romances of the West of England: Miscellaneous Stories: The Last Wolf in England","type":"page"}