A CURIOUS STORY.

Dunstan Times, Issue 953, 23 July 1880, Page 3

A CURIOUS STORY.

In liis eminently interesting work entitleil “Jungle Life in liuiia,” Mr Ball cites the case of two lads in an orphanage at Sekanilra, near Agra, who had been discovered among wolves, and in many ways shared the habits of these animals. One of his stories is supported by a letter from Professor Max Muller. It says:—“A trooper, sent by' the native Governor of Chandanr to demand payment of some revenue was passing along the banks of the river, about noon, when he saw a large female wolf leave her den, followed by r three whelps and a little boy. The biy went on all fours, and when the trooper tried to catch him he ran as fast as the whelps and kept up with the old one. They' all entersd the den, but were dug out by the people with pickaxes, and the boy was secured. He struggled hard to rush into every hole or den they came near. He became alarmed when he saw a grown-up person, but tried to fly at children and bite them. He rejected cooked meat with disgust, but delighted in raw flesh and bones, putting them under his paws like a dog. They tried to make him speak, but could get nothing from him but an angry growl or snarl.” Another instance occurred at Olmpra. A Hindoo father and mother went out to cut their crop in 1343. The woman had with her a little boy, who had lately been severely burned on the left knee. While the parents were at work the child was carried off by a wolf. Some years afterwards a wolf with three cubs was seen about ten miles from Chupra, followed by a boy. The boy, after much much resistance, was caught, and recognised by the mark of the burn on the left knee. He could eat nothing but raw flesh, and could never be brought to speak. He used to mutter and snarl, hut never articulated distinctly. The pans of his knees and the points of his elbows hid become horny from going on all-fours with the wo’ves. Seven years after this boy escaped again an 1 disappeared in the jon ;le.