Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-03

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She took him home to her village, where he
still remains, but, as in the former case, his
human intellect seems to have all but disap-
peared. The front of his knees AMI elbows
had become hardened, from his going on all
fours with the wolves, and although he wan
ders about the village during the day, he al
ways steals back 10 the Jungle at night fall
He is unable to speak nor can he articulate
any sound distinctly. In drinking he dips
his face into the water, but does not lap it up,
ike wolf. He still prefers raw flesh and
when bullock dies, and the skin is removed,
he attacks and eats the body, in company
with the village dogs.
Passing by a number of similar stories, we
come to one which is i'll many respects the
most remarkable. About seven years since,
a trooper in attendance upon Rajah Hurdut
Singh, of Bondec, on the left bank of the
Ghagra river in the district of Bahraetch, in
passing near a small stream, saw there two
wolf cubs and boy drinking. He managed
to seize the boy, who seemed to be about ten
years old, but was SO wild and fierce that he
tore the troopers clothes and bit him severe
ly in several places The Rajah at first had
him tied in his artillery gun shed, and fed
him with meat, but he was afterwards al
lowed to wander freely about the Bondee
bazaar. He there one day ran off with
joint of meat from a butchers shop, and an
other of the bazaar Keepers let fly an arrow at
him, which penetrated his thigh, a lad, ma
med Janoo, servant of Cashmere merchant,
then at Bondee, took compassion on the poor
boy, extracted the arrow from his thigh, and
prepared bed for him under mango tree,
where he himself lodged. Here he kept him
fastened TO a tent-pin. Up to this time he
would eat nothing but raw flesh. but Janoo
gradually brought him to eat balls of rice and
pulse
In about six weeks after he had been tied
up under tree, after much rubbing of his
joints with oil, he was made to stand and
walk upright. Hitherto he had gone on all
fours. In about four months he began to
understand and obey signs. In this manner
he was taught to prepare the hookah, put
lighted charcoal on the tobacco, and bring it
to Janoo, or to whosomever he pointed out
He was never heard, however. to utter more
than one articulate sound. This was ''Aboo-
odeea, the name of the little daughter of
Cashmere mimic, or player, who had once
| treated him with kindness. The odor from
his body was very offensive, and Janoo had
him rubbed with mustard-seed soaked in
water, in the hope of removing it. This was
lone for some months during which he was
still fed on rice and -four, but the odor did
not leave him.
One night, while the boy was lying under
the mango tree, JanoO saw two wolves creep
steathly towards him; and, after smelling him,
thew touched him. and he got up, instead
however, of being frightened, the boy put his
hands upon their heads, and they began to
play with him, capering about him, whilst he
threw straw and leaves at them. Janoo tried
to drive them off but could not; and becom-
ing much alarmed. he called to the sentry over
the guns. and told him that the wolves were
going to eat the boy. He replied, Come
away and leave him, or they viii eat you also;"
but when Janoo saw them begin to play to-
gether. his fears subsiled' AMI he continued
to watch them quietly. At last he succeeded
in driving them of; but the following night
three wolves came-anl a few nights after,
four-which returned several TINES. Janoo
thought that the two which first came must
have been the cubs with which the boy was
found, and that they would have seized him
had they not recognized him by the smell.
They licked his face with their tongues, as lie
put his hands on their heads.
When Janoo's master returned to Lucklow,
he was, after some difficulty, persuaded to al
low Janoo to take the boy with him. Accor-
dinghy, Janoo led him along by string tied
to his arm, and put q bundle of clothes on his
head Whenever they passed a jungle, the
boy would throw down his bundle, and make
desperate attempts to escape When beaten,
he raised his hands in suppIication took up
his bundle, aud went on; but the sight OF the
next jungle produced the same excitement.-
A short time after his return to Lucklow; ia
moo was sent away by his master for day or
two, and found on his return that the boy
had disappeared. He could never be found
again.
About two months after the boy had gone,
a woman of the weaver caste came TO Lucknow,
with letter from the Rajah of Bondee, sta
ting that her son, when four years old, had,
five or six years before, been carried off by
wolf; from the description given of the boy
whom Janoo had taken away with him, she
thought it must be the same. She described
marks corresponding with those on Janoo's
boy: but although she remained some consid-
cradle time at Lucknow, no traces could be
found of tde boy, and at last she returned to
Boudee All these circumstances were pro-
cured by the writer of the pamphlet from San
aolloh, Janoo's master, and from Janoo him
self, both of whom declared them to be strict
ly true. The boy must have been with the
wolf six or seven years, during which she must
have had several litters of wheips.
1t is remarkable that no well authenticated
instance has been found of a full-grown man
who had been nurtured in a VOLTS den. The
writer of the pamphlet mentions an old man at
Lucknow, who was found when lad in the
Dude Tarae, by the hut of an old hermit who
had died there. He is supposed to have been
taken from wolves by this hermit, and is still
called the wild man of the woods. 'He
was one day." says the writer, ''sens to me
at nv request and | talked with him. His