Washington telegraph., 1854-07-26
Welt Nurses.

ue StOTy Oi hOuulOuS ana menus be-
ing sucked by wolf is accepted as fabu-
lous; but the following statement is strictly
true -
In the kingdom of Dude, some ten years
ago, male child of about IS months old
was missed by It's parents. 1t was supposed
to have been carried away and devoured by
the wolves which are very plentiful in that
part of The world Every winter, numbers
of children are destroyed by these animals,
not only in Dude, but in our own provinces
in the northwest
About seven years after the child was mis-
sing, man who gained bis livelihood by
shooting in the jungles, saw wolf aid sew
eral cubs, and with them an animal such as
be had never seen before 1t was like "a
boy, but ran upon all fours The man fol-
lowed the animal, but was unable to keep
pace with it; he traced it however, to den,
and few days after succeeded in taking
the animal alive. 1t barked. or rather
snarled and growled Ike wolf, and at
tempted to bite its captor The she-wolf
and her cubs followed the man for some dis
tance. and several times showed symptoms
of a desire to rescue The animal; but as the
man was armed. they did not venture to at
tack him, and at last they returned to the
Jungle.
The animal was exhibited at Luneenow
and caused some sensation 1t was eventu-
ally handed over to one Of the authorities
ian English officer) who had a cage made
for it. That it was human being no one
could doubt, though it never stood erect,
and never uttered any sound except growl
or hoarse bark. 1t refused every descrip-
tion Of food that was cooked for it, and
would only eat raw flesh, which it would de-
YOUR voraciously Clothes were made for
it, but it tore them Of with its teeth 4
rank smell issued from the pores of its skin
and its skin was covered with short thin
hair The smell was that of the wolf, by
whom it lad been brought up 1t was very
partial to hard bones. and would chew aud
digest them as dog would In word,
this animal had adopted all the habits Of
its foster-mother-the she-wolf. Crowds of
natives every day came to look at the
strange creature. and at last the woman who
had lost the child was among the spectators
BY certain marks upon the animal she re-
cognized in it her missing c1>pring; but
she was by 10 means anxious to have it re-
stored to her. On the contrary, she re-
garGed it with extreme horror and disgust
Every means were resorted to, to tame
the boy, but without effect Shut up in his
iron cage. be seemed to pine, and would
never touch food until forced to do so by
the pains of hunger. 1t would have been
dangerous to let him 90 out of the cage :;
for he was as savage as any wild beast of the
desert. Numerous attempts were made to
teach him to speak but he uttered no
sounds beyond those already mentioned
He lived for about year, and became in
that time a perfect living skeleton. Just
previous to his death lie said few words
which the man who had charge of him un-
derstood TO be these. Seer dur9 kezta -
(My head aches.)
This is not the on ly instance on record of
wolf having brought up young child,
whom it had carried away from Its parents.
Some IA months ago an animal was taken
in the district of Mozufernugger, and
brought to the station of Meerut 1t was
a boy of about FIVE years of age. and more
revolving sight it would be difficult to con-
ceive. The palms of the hands, and the
soles of the feet were as hard as ;he hoofs
of horse. His movements were is ninble
as those of monkey, and not unlike those
Of that animal Several English dogs
which saw this child Showed disposition to
attack and destroy it Qhis was of course,
prevented while the child in return snarl-
ed at the dogs, and Showed its teeth, as
though it were upon these weapons that it
would rest its defence. This boy, too. like
the one taken in Dude. refused to eat any
thing but animal food, uncooked; nor would
it touch even that il the presence Of hu-
man being
In the provinces subject to British rule,
a reward Of 5 rupees (l0 shillings) is given
for every dead wolf by the magistrate, un-
der orders from the Government The
natives however, usually contrive TO bring
them alive to q station, where they allow
gentlemen's dogs to worry them to death
for consideration Of money-previous to
taking them to the magistrate and claiming
the reward. The sport is no doubt very
cruel one-tied up as the wolf generally is
but the people have little sympathy for a
beast who viii often enter the hut of vii
lager by night and carry away a child from
its mothers side. These depredations have
of late years become less frequent tEan
they were formerly, and ere long it is but
reasonable to suppose, they will be of rare
occurrence-albeit the utter extinction ol
the race may be regarded as hopeless.
DECIDEDLY PERSONAL. We published
day or two since, saying of the Rev
(?) Henry Ward Beecher. that he would
vote against the Nebraska bill, even though