, 1874-12-19
WOlEChildren in India.

% question winch students OF natural
history and even practical sp0rtamtn
might settle tor US once tor all, While
Inc documentary evidence IN favor OF
the existence oil such WoH-chldren
might exercise the ingenuity OF some OF
our cIeFeTcNt lawyers. Nhen they nave
done their WORK, ana nos i!ll lhen, the
work 0t the comparative mytholOgist
viii begin. / therefore proceed 10 put
together some Of the best-auJhenticated
cases of woiicnildIcn, without, how
ever. prrsuWing myself 10 pronounce
.uy opiniun. either adverse or favorable
I ne following extract j. from letter
received from the Rev. Mr ErhaTdt, SU-
u,rrafrnIrnr of the OTphlnagc al 0tcul-
lr4 In r,plv 10 his request Tor infurmu-
tiuu REGARDING 4 uuv IN that institution
E..,. Ma. alleged 10 nave been found iIy-
ln. with wolves:
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nav I -. '.'.' wv .f'I .r- ,',. ,,as
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mi, nm, rc,,,ir ,, ,r.I, rIr orbrr how.
f,.-, I.+I,. .,-r.,T- -, ,ny J.,rk ..,rner
rr,,b,- n,. r,,,,.r NH - Inn, tore
H., me-. -, .i,r,.,l. II. ,1. o,,I,.
-,... ....,-... ~, ,..ti,gr " LaDr him f,r 81
inn, f,,- .,r,ii,.i..I mems byi eventually
I.. Ei.j g-La other Lnv found among
.,..I... / hon, thirteen rr fnuyrrrn wears
.Ig and has na.n here almost siX He
I'.. I...rnrJ - make sounds sneak he
-. Lrt b. fr.cIv evurrs.es his an
- 80. ,,.rl, ba vrii qt times
5-,,r. IrT Tn IiEas c,tiDr brrter His
......-,.,,-.., ha. nrorres.rd 81 far that he
Ike. r.,y meat les. tbogph he still will
...,.,, b,,n... and sb,ruen his teeth on
t..,.r Al the Lucknow mad house there
r... an elderly fellow only four wear,
..r. and may L,. alive nov. who had
...1 Gug gur Of wolves den hv "a
r..-,.r.,a d,,tor-whcn, forget. hui il
rrm-r hr "a GOOD number of wear, ago.
luU iarlall win which thcl get alohG
On f,Yr frr,-banls and feels surpris-
rrr BEFORE they eat or fasfc food they
-.,,.T l.. and when they don't like the
smell they throw IT away"
4 remarkable feature IN all rEp stories
81, ..-;.r.t.. .ri..--,I
ana. ''' ..,...;,'I - 80 80 -.
IT'D "', '"''i'''''li', ','H l',t' "a va NJ
M .'H, ',''''l 't' N,..''',l I.-,,I,''''',J
.,t,'mr,- 40 account for their somewhat
.gyoIf ike treatment of them. Stories
of the same kind. and supported hymuch
more h.>incSS-likr witnesses, have APP
r,,.ar.I I'm Indian papers during the last
r.f-y wears The most important witness
+. rT- larr Col SlcrmTn. Il man of
..,.f-,n,4rbahlr character one of those
.rr,,- -r.,r mon whose names are less
l.pt,p rbap rbrir works He Wa, com
missioner for putting down Thuggcc.
and rr,l,glly knew more of thc real life
and -narirfrr of the pcopIe of India
r..,u anv Indian officer According to
Col SIcrmap the number of the lit
IN. victims carried oil bv wolves 10 be
J.ynurri l. So great in some parts of In
Err that pronlc make q living by collect
rrr from the dcns of wild AMI
mails rBr roId ornaments with which
children in India are always dcclcd
n-rr br rbrir n,rrDfs II Is said even
.-N,r rTr-,. r,,.r,l,. are unwiIlin., 70 take
,,.-, IN .n,- Lyb,I.s,I. destruction oT
r.fr.~ for fear of LOSING thcirllveIihood.
From , nuDbrr Of cases. more or less
tulyartrstcI. OF wolves taking compas-
sion ON Il child and bringing il up To-
A..nrr win their own cubs, / select the
following.
Is. \ trooper. sent bv the native GOV
rrnnr oT CLanlour 10 demand paymcnt
of some revenue. was passing along the
bank of tbr river aboEt noon. when he
saw q larre female wolf leave her den.
followed bv rlircc whclps and q little
boy. The boy went on all -fourS. and.
when the trooper tried to catch him he
ram rs tas, "a, the whclps. and kept up
with the old one. They all entered the
den. but were dug out hv ,ho people
uunufrk-aNrs. and The boy WAS secured
lie struggled hard To rush into every
hole or den they came near lie became
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