Canis. 233 
In India one seldom hears of their attacking grown-up men. I 
remember an instance in which an old woman was a victim; but 
hundreds of children are carried off annually, especially in Central India 
and the North-west provinces. 
Stories have been related of wolves sparing and suckling young infants 
so carried off, which, if properly authenticated, will bring the history of 
Romulus and Remus within the bounds of probability. I have not by 
me just now the details of the case of the “ Boy-Wolf” of Lucknow, 
WO 
~ Canis pallipes. 
which was, I believe, a case vouched for by credible witnesses. It was 
that of a boy found in a wolf’s lair, who had no power of speech, crawled 
about on his hands and knees, ate raw flesh, and who showed great 
wildness in captivity. I think he died soon after being caught. The 
story of the nursing is not improbable, for well-known instances have 
been recorded of the ere, when deprived of their young, adopting young 
animals, even of those on whom they usually prey. Cats have been 
known to sucklé young leverets. The wolf in its wild state is par- 
