Numbers of wolves are captured in Sweden in the Varg-
grop, or wolf-pit ; which, as described in " Northern Sports,"
is usually ten to twelve feet in depth, by the same measure-
ment in diameter. Many are square, some octagonal, and
others circular. As well for the purpose of preventing the earth
from falling into the pit, as wild beasts, that may be incar-
cerated, from working themselves out, the sides are usually
built up with wood or stone. The proper construction of the
pit-fall would seem to be still a mooted question in Scandi-
navia ; but all agree in this, that it should be sunk in a
dry and open situation, and in preference free from trees,
bushes, fences, &c. ; as also at not more than two hundred
to three hundred paces from the Ladu-gdrd, or cattle-house ;
for singularly enough the more distant the Varg-grop is
from that building, the more the suspicions of wild beasts are
excited.

Swoją szosą ciekawie byłoby taki kamienny wilczy dół wyeksplorować, ale to raczej dla archeologów zajęcie.