Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-01-16

formed no attachment and seemed to un-
derstand very little of what was said to
him. He was about nine years Old
when found, and lived about three years
atterward. He would run on all-fours,
but would occasionally walk uprightly.-
He never spoke, but when he was hun
CRY he pointed to his mouth. Only with
in few minutes before his death, the
servants relate that he put his hands to
his head and said I" it ached," and asked
for watel. He drank it and died.
Another instance happened at Chupra
in March, 1913. A man and his wife
went out to cut their crop of wheat. The
woman was leading her boy who had
lately recovered from severe scad ON
the left knee. While his parents were
engaged, the child was carried off by a
wolf. In 1910 wolf with three cubs was
seen about ten miles from Chupra, fol-
lowed by boy. The boy after fierce
resistance, was captured, and was recog-
nized by the poor cultivator's widow by
the mark Of a scald on the left left knee,
and three marks of the teeth of an animal
on each side Of his back. He would eat
nothing but raw fish, and could never be
brought to speak. He used to mutter
something, but could never articulate any
word distinctly. The front of his elbows
and knees had become hardened from go
ing on all-fours with the wolves. In No
vember, 1850, Capt. Nicholetts ordered
this boy to be sent to Col. Sleeman, but
he got alarmed and ran to jungle. The
same applies to third case vouched for
by the RJah of Hssunpoor, which adds,
however, nothing essential except that
the boy as seen by him in 1913, had ne
tually short hair all over his body, which
disappeared when he took to eating salt.
He could walk on his logs, but he could
not speak. He could be made to UNDER
stand signs very well, but would utter
sounds like wild boasts. Another,
fourth case, however, is vouched for once
more by European witnesses. Col. Gray
who commanded the First Oude Local
Infantry at Sultanpoor, an3 Mrs. Gray
and all the officers of the place saw boy
who had been caught in 1913, while trot-
ting along on all fours by the side of
wolf. He could never be made to speak,
and at last ran away into jungle.
fifth case rests on the evidence of
respectable landholder Of Bankeepoor, in
the estate of Hasunpoor Called ZooltuS-
ar khan.) Here, too, the boy who had
been six years old when carried of, and
was ten whom rescued, conld not be made
to speak but could be easily communicate
ed with by signs. Another story of u
wolf-boy is given, but as it rests OH native
evidence only, i will only add that this
boy also when caught walked on all-fours
and ate raw meat and smelt like wolf.
He was treated kindly, and though he
learned TO behave better and walk up
rightly, he n never could understand or ut
ter word, though he seemed to under
stand signs. One witness states that he
uttered the name of little girl (Aboodee)
who had been kind to him, and that he
had kind of attachment to her but this
sentimental trait is not confirmed by 9TH
ar witnesses. There are other cases, but
these | have selected are to my mind tho
best attested. They all share one feature
in common which is Of more Importance
tv the student Of language than even to
the student Of mythology, viz : the speech
lessness Of wolf-children. 1t wes this fact
more than the bearing OF these stories on
mythology, which first made me collect
the evidence here procuced.- NuL-
Ter, IN London Academy.