CHAPTER IX. 



INDIA (continued): WOLF-REARED CHILDREN, KASHMIRIS, P ARSIS, KHASIS: 

 RELIGION IN INDIA: ARYAN THEOLOGY, LITERATURE, ETC. AFGHAN- 

 ISTAN AND BALUCHISTAN. 



WOLF-BEARED CHILDREN. 



READERS of Mr. Kipling's most fascinating "Jungle-Books" will possibly not be altogether 

 surprised to learn that a good deal of valuable and trustworthy evidence has been collected 

 to establish the fact, so long denied as unworthy of credence, that human babes have been 

 carried off and nurtured by 

 wolves. Tradition, as we all 

 know, has said so for ages, 

 ever since the story of 

 Romulus and Remus. But 

 it has been the fashion 

 till lately to reject most 

 traditions. However, a re- 

 action in their favour has at 

 length taken place. In a 

 valuable paper entitled 

 "Jungle Life in India," Mr. 

 V. Ball, of the Indian Geo- 

 logical Survey, brings together 

 the evidence which has been 

 collected. It is published in 

 The Journal of the Anthro- 

 pological Institute, Vol. IX., 

 page 466. The following is 

 the text of a letter he 

 received from a correspon- 

 dent: 



" DEAR SIR, 



"I see your name 

 mentioned in. the newspapers 

 as one who leans to the 

 belief that children have been 

 nourished by wolves. And 

 as there are sceptics who will 

 have it that you labour under 

 a delusion, it may be in- 

 teresting to you to learn 

 a few particulars about a 



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