The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-04-17
\ nEMtKKABLE STORY
rSo BOYS REARED ~ MoLNEs--sCgsr'
QuENT EFFoRTs 10 RECLAnt THIN,

The Amherst Stadem contains letter
from Professor j. II. Seelyc, dated ALA
hadad, India, November 25 1872, detail
ing a strange fact which came under his
observation in his recent travels. The
professors story recalls the tradition in
regard 10 the infancy OF Romulus aud Re
mus, and suggests that Darwin's theory
Of the descent Of man may be superseded
by another, taking the ground that the
lower creation Is mans descendept rather
than his ancestor. The letter ls as fol-
lows:
Not far from Agra, in Northern India,
is a mission station Of the Church Mis-
sonary Society, connected with which is
an orphanage with several hundred chill
dren, now under efficient care Of the Rev.
+. &. Erhardt. The region around Is in
tested with wolves, by which, eyey year,
numbers Of children are carried of aud
devoured, But In two instances at least
instead of being killed and eaten the
children have been kept alive and nonr-
ished with, if not by, these beasts
Whether the story OF Romulns and Re-
mus be a myth or not, this is an actual
reality for the children themselves have
been captured from among the wolves
and brought TO the ofphanage above
mentioned. They were both boys, and
apparently Of some seven or eight years
Of age when taken. They We're tonud at
different times, the last one in March of
the present year.
Some hunters smoking wolves out OF
cave, were startled when the wolves APP
pcared by the appearance among them Of
a creature looking strangely human but
running rapidly on all iours like the
wolves, though not 50 rapidly as they
lie was caught with difficulty, aud there
was no mistake there be- was a child OF
human pafeutage, but witbthe habits and
actions aud appetite Of Wild beast. The
hunters brought him 10 the orphanage
where be was received aud cared fof.
Though his physical iorH and features
were sufficient 10 show that be wa.
llndo0 child, there were no other indiea-
tons about him Of anything human. IN
all other respects, in the language of Ar.
sErbardt, ga perfect animal He had no
speech bat whine. He would wear no
clothes tearing from him everything of
the sor, Whenever put on. lie would
eat nothing bat raw desh and when be
drank be Iappcd The water with biz tongue
Len 70 himself he would hide in some
dark spot during tie day, from which he
would come out AZ night, aud Prov
about fbe enclosure, picking up bones II
ans were 70 bc found, aud rayeHonslg
guawiug them. II At first seemed i'm
possible for bin to walk erect, bat after
much dinieutg ho was taught t. 10 -,
aud also 80 use lorl and sgooH and
90 dHuk nike g human being Though
treated with lHe utmost fare aud tbe
greatest paduee by lle Christian haaAs
and hearts ghicb received hm ie pinned
awaf and died aiicr be lmd becu ia tl.s
orpbanagc Is liItle over fogr months 10
aH thls time he could not Be iu8de go
uiier word i.e was never seeu ~ smile
at .bow auF -ixH gf ipg or .l,auie 90
gratitude. liut Mr EraauIl- who gate
me rI.s aeeguHi assufrd me ihai ili. taee
looked more Intelligent H.su iie average
of iludoo Children. aad rlai iis color
aud features indicated iHai 80 pafebisge
mnsl haFa been 60 lamHY of high caste.
The olIef boy I myself saw few dag.
since u ,hs orpaanage nAefa he wa
brought shoot slE year. ago, having been
gsen captured maal ~ was lhe arst mea-
TONED boy, aud haf.ng precisely lbe
same habits a belonged % lin he ha.
no, jet spoken i word, bat bad ezehaug.
fCoat,nged 81 Faartb Faysg