THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND 



Photo by Mr. If. 



DANCING-MEN AT MONGKNEM DANCE, KHASIA HILLS. 



wolf-mau who was for many 

 years living in this city. He 

 was sent in by Colonel Slee- 

 man, and a Mohammedan 

 took charge of him. The 

 Mutiny occurring, this pro- 

 tector disappeared, and then 

 the poor fellow came under 

 my notice. At the time he 

 might have been about twenty 

 years of age. I took a little 

 interest in him and tried to 

 make him work, but found 

 that it was not possible to 

 keep him at it. I tried him 

 with food from the table, 

 and he was guided by smell, 

 rejecting such portions as did 

 not please him. His recog- 

 nition Avas a grunt. The 

 hands were bent back, but 

 were not stiff; and when 

 taking anything these retained 

 the position instead of clutch- 

 ing. He walked on the front 

 portion of the foot, the heels 



being slightly raised; and he walked with his knees bent; in fact, one could readily suppose 



that he had as a child pro- 

 gressed in a stooping position, 



using both hands and feet. He 



lived in a corner, with his legs 



brought up to his chin, and 



placed his food under anything 



that he might have to lie on, 



straw or old bedding. Clothes 



he would not wear, but was 



induced to keep on the usual 



strip, and this probably because 



he had been beaten at first 



and made to comply with cus- 

 toms so far. The man is now 



dead. I cannot vouch that he 



had been nourished by a wolf, 



but the natives of the city 



believed that he had been 



so brought up, etc., etc. He 



had not learned to speak; 



he simply grunted and looked 



at persons askant, with the 



cunning, silly leer above re- 

 ferred to. Photo by Mr u z Dan . ah 



Yours, etc. DANCING-GIRLS AT MONGKNEM DANCE, KHASIA HILLS. 



