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No. III. 



From Wye's Letter, March 24. 1726) printed in the Caledonian 

 Mercury of March 29. 1726. 



* The wild man, taken in the woods of Germany laft year, is 

 * brought over, being a great curiofity.* 



No. IV. 



From Wye's Letter, London, April 5. printed in the Caledonian 

 Mercury April 11. 1726. 



' The wild boy taken in the woods of Hanover, being brought 0- 

 ' ver, was carried Friday night laft into the prefence of his Majefty, 



* and many of the nobility. He is fuppofed to be about thirteen 



* years old, and fcarce feems to have any idea of things ; however, 

 ' 'tis obferved he took moft notice of his Majefty, and of the Prin- 

 ' cefs giving him her glove, which he tried to put on his own hand, 



* and feemed much pleafed, as alfo with a gold watch, which was 



* held to ftrike at his ear. They put on him blue clothes ; but he 



* feems uneafy to be obliged to wear any, and cannot be brought 



* to lie on a bed, but fits and fleeps in a corner of the room ; whence 

 ' it is conjectured he ufed to fleep on a tree for fecurity againft wild 



* beafts, they having been obliged to faw down one when he was 



* taken. We hear he is to be committed to the care of Dr Arbuth- 

 ' not, in order to try if he can be brought to the ufe of fpeech, and 

 ' made a fociable creature.* 



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