SEEALL, THE WOLF-BOY. 99 



a strong predilection for carrion. His sense of 

 smell was so acute that he could scent a dead 

 cow or buffalo a long distance off, and at once 

 began tugging at his chain to get to it. 



Unlike all the other " wolf -boys " of whom we 

 have any record, this creature soon showed he 

 had a great deal of intelligence. He could not 

 speak during the time I knew him, but I was 

 afterwards told he had learnt the Gond language 

 from his keeper and could converse fairly well. 

 In a week's time he was far more intelligent 

 than a dog, and many of his tricks showed that 

 he thought and planned. He would sit by when 

 the dogs were fed, and would remove pieces 

 of meat from the dishes of the other dogs and 

 give them to his particular friend, the great Brin- 

 jaree. After a few days we had his head close 

 shaved, and turmeric and oil rubbed well into his 

 skin, and he was then washed with hot water. 

 This treatment soon removed the foxy smell, and 

 the present of a raw chop every day if he kept 

 on his loin-cloth soon induced him to take to 

 clothing. He was an object of great curiosity 

 among the natives, who came in from miles round 

 to see him. All his hair and the parings of his 

 nails, which were abnormally long, were bought 

 by the natives from the mehter (sweeper) in 

 whose charge all private dogs in India are placed, 

 and who therefore took over the care of " Seeall " 

 and used by them as a remedy for hydro- 

 phobia. The women asked permission to worship 

 him, and brought presents of milk and fowls. 



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