Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-03-22

She happened to hear of "A .'wild bcy''
VINO had been captured at place
several miles away while entering a
den IN company with wolves. Curl
oslty drew her from her native vii
lage to view the place where the
BOY was kept. She recognized him
10y some lndubitable birthmarks as
her lost son, and took him home with
her. She found him quit, irreclaim
able, however, and after few months
trial abandoned him to the public
charity of the village
He was fed on raw flesh .hares. birds
etc. y tavorite amusement of the
village boys was to throw live frogs
at hlm aud watch how greedily he
would devour them. Whenever a
bullock died, and Was skinned. he
would gorge himself ON the carcass
IN company with the dogs. During
the day he hung about the VILLAGE
for the sake OF what he could yet To
eat; but every evening he went off to
the jungle and STAYED there all night.
In the year $50. while he was being
sent 10 Colonel Sierman, he escnped
into the jungle and WAS never after
wards heard Of.
The "wolf boy of Agra differed
an no material respect from either of
the two already described. The
strongest point of contrast between
them was the len th Of time he con
t'nurd IN captivity. lie died se,-u
years ago, of consumption. il IS said.
aud had been IN confinement for
about twenty years before that. The
name given TO him was Nauichar.
and his home was the Secundra Or
phanage, IN the famous old city of
Agra. He was discovered i'm 1867 in
the jungle near Bulandohahr. in
Northwest Punjaub. Some natives
who were hunting hig game surpris
Ell stray wolf which they followed
to a hillOck. Out of this hilock rose
a rock, and OH this rock, evidently
summing ltsef, sat dark. curious
looking object. To the astonish
ment of the hunters, this "ohiect"
turned out to have the Semblance Of
IA human being. When they ap
preached, it Jumped from the rock,
ran on all fours, and entered cave
along with the wolf. The hunters
smoked the cave; both the wolf and
its humanlike companion rushed
out. After short, sharp struggle,
IN which several men were bitten.
the latter was captured.
On February 4. 1867, he was sent
10y the magistrate of the district in
which he was taken to the Secumdra
Orphanage, and because the day he
arrived there happened to be Satur
day, he Was named Sanichar. At
the time of his capture Sauichar
seemed to be about eight years old.
lie was entirely nude but for the
short, thick hair which covered his
body. His behavior was altogether
that of brute. and it was long be-
fore he could be induced TO wear any
clothing whatever or in other ways
conduct h mSelf like a human being.
lie ate his food from the ground.
putting his hands on it rs IA dog does
his torepaws, gnawing the flesh from
the ZONES and crunching the bones
themselves with ease and evident en-
Joyment. \ medical missionary has
thus described this creature:
His head is small, his brow un.
commonly low and contracted, while
his eyes in proportion to his head and
face are large. They are of gray
ish color, and squirting. He has
small, thin, wrinkled face, on which
are one or two large cicatrices,
marks, no doubt, of severe bites. On
other parts of his body also are e,i
dent signs of the rough treatment to
which he WAS subjected when living
in the cave with his unamiable com
panions. His height, when he stands
erect, is five feet two inches. In
walking he lifts his feet like one
wadlng through wet grass. and as he
moves along, all the muscles of his
body seem to he undergoing series
of jerks, while his arms are thrown
about IN snch manner as to convey
the impression that they must ma
terially assist him in his progress.
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