, 1875-05-22

Tho Tor. DR.. Eilinwoud, Secretary Of ths
prn4hyt osqn Duard Of Foreign Missions, In a
letter from Cawnpo1o, 1ndia, TO the Now York
Et0ngetiM, has The fotto~inR paragraphs
ara 0rLisanaaga by ono lnmats. known Is tl4o
- Wor 10y" Within ton yenrs two boyu, BAld
to lIayc hecn found living wild With wolves, have
Loen brought to hlr. ]srhardt for support. Onc
proved too ,,ntasnablo to endure human habits
The ono still remaining WAS found when aptn
ontiy ahont yeasa Ut ngc, aud ho has been olglt
years at tho OrpiIanaee.
THO utury Of hH capturo Is thts: Eotno nhtive
farmers. befhE greatly trottbfod by tho iuet1rafon6
Ut wolsc8, followed taem 10 tAelr dsns. mud pro-
crrIit, '' to e1uko tenl ont uy building fircn in
tho entrance. AZ leaE:h the whole wolf family
cmorgod, pfd mud Young, mud nnoug them ttlis
buy, running fnpldly on hands and feet. Thu
story seemed to 10 corroborascd BY the fact that.
whcu brought to the Orphnnage, lie still bore tho
masks Of tho fro though which hc had parsed.
Ho also walled like quadrupod, and would 70.
colye ut llsss only raw flesh. which lc ato aa oil
tho carnivora d. gnawtng It At tho Hida OF bis
mouth. As wo Haw hun he Was ataud!ng erect,
aud IAd learned to enbuit to clothing. Ills OK
prcs8ions wcre of course nantollgfhlo. and
sounded moro like thoBs Of nu animal thnn like
heatlas IN appearance than many of tue lowest
Etadea OF idiots. Ihero WAS, however, reat-
less 1nn:ion Of tho head nud RnashlnR ot tho
tcssI!, whlch anpoarod decidedly csnluc.,
Tlas children havo boon ,'onris!led and reared
by wolves, Ia not to be credited without tho sorY
strongest ovidouces.
The missionaries at RecunttrD, however, and 30
far na know. all other Intelligent citizens in tho
n1lEhborEuod, regard tho proof IN t4eso two
cnsts as entirely Wild. Nor aso these ,no on1y
wolf boys" who arc cia!med to have boon
found In Indta. blax Muller, OF London, on SEQ.
ing aolue aceountB Of these curious ftea1is OF
nature, opened correspondence. soMe montla
t,ncc, NTH various pcruous In India on the aub-
tect.
As result there hayo appeared THIS far tix
cases, which Bcfn, to DO well attostrd bs n,issou-
aricH aud BY oslicers In tho civil md military
beryice.
There ia no country wlcro such things wauld
be mare likoly to occur than in India. Tho
prevalence Of wild animal life. eycn In usl-Bet-
tied districts, ii surprising. Vc saw IN ono it,
stance not less than thirty hugo apcs in ono
baud only few rods from tho railway. ueer Or
eaxel'es wero frequently acoa fcodtng within
easy Hhot Of laboEc1e III the field. On two occa-
hiona goats wcro cnrEtcd OIL i,y wolves from tho
tn1asioM compounds, IN Which we were spending
tho night. According to B recent censnB Of tho
northwest provinces, o,000 lives woro dcattoyc1
in ono year by wild nntmals, mostly wolves. The
great majority arc chtfdreu wll0 aro snatcIlcd
away at nigltfalt from tho yc{nity-bouotlmos
from tho very dooEa Of their rude homes.
With tloaO facts no further light eau bo given
on tho subject OF the wolf.boya.
Wistl,or tho maternal l0st,rct or a wnlf, rhon
not particularly hungry. might in hnu af 1U,GDl
caace tako such freak as to ptuscct n cl!d,
Rhch sho tiad intended to cat. aud allow tt to
share hor prey, 10 question for each &hoorist to
decide for htmSclf. 1t il worthy OF noto that all
those children ate idiots. Il no suppose that
tfloJ Tere originally sound, their wolf regimen
las reversed tito DarWlnsan process, and borne
thom back to beBtlhllty, both In body aud tn
lntnd.