92 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



She went off forthwith to the Koelee Bazaar, and, in addition 

 to the two marks above-described, discovered a third mark on 

 his thigh, with which her child was born. She took him home 

 to her village, where he was recognised by all her neighbours. 

 She kept him for two months, and all the sporting landowners in 

 the neighbourhood sent her game for him to feed upon. He 

 continued to dip his face in the water to drink, but be sucked in 

 the water, and did not lap it up like a dog or wolf. His body 

 continued to smell offensively. When the mother went .to her 

 work the boy always ran into the jungle, and she could never get 

 him to speak. He followed his mother for what he could get to 

 eat, but showed no particular affection for her, and she could 

 never bring herself to feel much for him ; and after two months, 

 finding him of no use to her, and despairing of even making any 

 thing of him, she left him to the common charity of the vil- 

 lage. He soon after learnt to eat bread when it was given to 

 him, and ate whatever else he could get during the day, but 

 always went off to the jungle at night. He used to mutter some- 

 thing, but could never be got to articulate anything distinctly. 

 The front of his knees and elbows had become hardened, from 

 going on all-fours with the Wolves. If any clothes are put 

 on him, he takes them off, and commonly tears them to pieces 

 in doing so. He still prefers raw flesh to cooked, and feeds on 

 carrion whenever he can get it. The boys of the village are in 

 the habit of amusing themselves by catching frogs and throwing 

 them to him, and he catches and eats them. When a bullock 

 dies and the skin is removed, he goes and eats of it like a village 

 dog. The boy is still in the village, and this is the description 

 given of him by the mother herself, who still lives at Chupra. 

 She has never experienced any return of affection for him, nor 

 has he shown anv such feeling for her. Her storv is confirmed 

 by all her neighbours, and by the head landholders, cultivators, 

 and shopkeepers of the village.* 



The Rajah of Hasunpoor Bundooa mentions, as a fact 

 within his own knowledge, besides the others, for the truth of 



In November, 1850, Captain Xicholetts, on leaving the cantonments of 

 Sultanpoor, where he commanded, ordered this boy to be sent to me, with 

 his mother, but he got alarmed on the way, and ran to a jungle. He will no 

 doubt find his way back soon if he fives. 



