The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-01-01

raw htth 10 cooked and fuds % esUinn
WhBnsSer he can get H. The toyt of Ole
village are In the habit ofsmusinR themssltes
by ealehing hoss sbd throWiug llem " hIg
and he oaieheB and eats them. When . bll-
lock diea, aud The bkin u removed, he goes
and eats Il like village dog. The boy D
sull ib ths viilsgo and this is The description
giyen of him BY the mofher herself who tfiIl
lives at Chuprs She has never experienced
any return of ahtction for lin, nor las b.
shown any such feeling Tor her Her Ioiy.
Il confirmed by il her nelghbors, and hy DE
bead land 'holdert, eultifatoTs and shop-ksyp'
ers Of the yiilago.
The Rrjlh Of Hasunpoor Bundoaa msn.
I lions, ~ a hot within his oR n kgoalrdge, be-
sides the others, for the truth of Wheh he
] youchus, that ln the Jsur 1919, lad eaDie 90
the town of HaHsGnponr, who had evidently
been brought up by wolves lie levmed 20
be twelve suaFs Of age whom hf saw him
\ was very dark, and sts npsh, khstiicr cooked
or uHc0oked. lie had zhbt hair all over hls
! body when no first came, but having ior
| time, a. the Rajah states tatrn salt with hit
food, like other human beings, the haifi5
drRreca disappeared. He eotda walk litg
plhtr mon on lie legs, but could never 10
tuuEht to speak He would utter sOmds
like Wild auimals, and could be- made 60 IN
derstaHd sigma very well. He used 10 At ht
bunneeas shop " thv bsxaar, but wHA AZ
lest rvedg"iied by his parents and taken Of
What boeane ~ him 'snerwards ha knows
not The kliahs siHtemeut rrmrding this
lad 10 confirmed by all tho people ~ the town
bu, none of ihcm know what afterwards be-
came of hiin.
About the year 1919, shepherd Of tho
village of Ghuikorco. twelve milts west FROM
the environments AZ SultanpoOr saw boy
irotting along upou ai ours, by the side OF
volt ono morning, AZ he waA out With bis
hock. With great difficulty lac caught the
boy who run very fast, aud brought him
home. Ne fed him for son,e dine aud tried
10 make him speak, and associate with men
or boys, but he failed. lie continued 70 be
alarmed d tho sight Of men, but was brought
% Colonel lay, who commanded The fret
Dude Local Infantry, at Sulunpoor. lie and
Mira. GrHy. and all the officers in eantonniehis
saw him often, and kept him for several duys.
But he soon after ran OF into the jungl,,
while the shepherd ahtrsards weul 10 relid
10 another village, and I could not ascertain
whether ho recovered the boy OF rot.
Zoolfahnr Khan, respectable laudhuldrr
Of bhnkepoor, iu tie estate VI lineuupOur,
ten niilru cAai from the SulianpoOr canton
ments, mentions that about eight or rir"
years ago trooper came 10 the town, viii,
lad of about nine or ten years or age, whom
H. had rescued from wolN G. among the ravinrs
on the roads that he knew not what 10 de-
WIN Hlult AHI lFlA nlfN 20 tNF common ENHfllN
OF the village that he ate cNeTy thing off rcd
20 him, including bread. but beiors liking il
he carefully smelt nt H., ard always prpfnrr,f
undresscd meat In every thing else that he
walked on his legs like other people when
he 1Aw him, though there were evident signs
on his kueet and elbows of hs having gone.
very long, on ail.foursi and when sGkcd to
run on all-fours. he used to do so, aud wont
10 fast that no nnr could oyrrtake him how
h. d .h ..stI a. q.
long Il took him 10 leuTn 10 walk on his lugs,
he knows mot lie could not tali, or utter
any very artioulat- sounds He undprsiood
signs, ard heard exceedingly wen, dud would
assist the culliyators in turning trcspassng
cattle out OF their fields when told J,y Aigns
10 do so. DO ,dhoo, II ahmtn eultiyn'orof
the village, took care OF him, aud he remained
with him for three months, when he WAS
claimed and taken ofby hi> father, shepherd,
who siid that the boy was six wears old when
the wUN took him of at night some four years
bcfore he did not like 10 leave Boodlhuo, the
Brahmin, and the father was Obliged 10 dras
him away, What became OF him aftcrN ards
he never heard. The lad had no hair upon his
body, nor had he any dislike 10 wear UtUthpS,
while he saw him. This statement MAS con-
frmed by the people ofthe village,
About seven years ago trooper belong
ing Go the king, and IN attendance on Rhjsli
HurddI slug OF Dontep, aims bumuutrF, on
.he len bank OF the Ghagra river, IN the
Bahraetch district, was passing rear small
stream which flows into that river, when ne
saw TWO wolfcubs and boy drinking IN the
stream. lie bad a man with him on foot,
and they managed to seize the boy, who sp-
pearcd to be about ten years of uge. He
took him up on the pommel Of his suddle,
but he was so Wild and terce, that he toro
the troopers clothes, and bit him severely IN
several places, though he had tied his hands
together. He brSught him 20 Bondee where
the Rajah had him tied up in his artillery
gun-shed, and gave him raw flesh to cat, but
he several times cut hisropcs and ran of; aud
after three months the Rsjah got tired Of him
and let him 60. He was then takon BY
Cashmeeree mimic, or comedian, (bkand,) Who
fed and took care Of him for six months but
at tho end Of that time he also got tired Of
him, (for his habits were ilthy,) and lethim
go TO wander about the Bondee baznar. lis
one day ran of with Joint Of meat from a
butchers shop, and soon after upset some
things, in tho shop, OF a bnrneedh, who let
fly an arrow at him. The arrow penetrated
the boys thigh. AT this time Sanaollah, u
| Cashmere merchant Of Lucknow, was at Bon
dee, selling some shawl goods to the Raiah,
on the occasion OF his brothers marriage.
He had many servants with him. and among
themi 5Hroo, kfiidnutThar lad, and az sld
sipahee, named Ramxan Khan. Janoo took
compassion upon the poor boy extracted the
ArEnM from his thigh. had his wound dressed.
and prepared bed for him under the mango
tree, where he himself lodged, but kept him \
tied to n tent-pin. He would ut that time cat
nothing but raw flesh. To wean him from
this, Junoo, with the consent Of hi, master.
gave him rice and pulse to eat lie rejected
them for several days. aud ate nothing but
Janoo persevered, aud by degrees made hin
eat the balls which he prepared for HIM hO
was fourteen or fifteen days in bringing him
TO do this. The odor from his body was very
offensive, and Janoo had him rubbed with
mustard seed soaked in water, after the oil
had been taken from it, (kAuEEee,) in the hope
Of rctnn vittr this srnsll He ooutiuNph fhis