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‘Court of Lucknow, Hindostan, India.
    “I must now tell you about a poor boy who was found in a wolf’s den, with a wolf and three whelps. When dug into by some of my troopers, they all fled together, and the boy ran so fast on all fours that he outstripped the whelps, and was with difficulty taken by a mounted trooper.
    The mother of the whelps had carried him off, when a little boy, some years before, and brought him up as her own offspring in her den. I have more instances of the same kind. Yesterday was brought to me what they call “a wild man of the woods,” sent by the king of Oude. He was caught 25 years ago in a jungle in the woods, when 18 years of age. He had been brought up by a wolf, but she died, and he was taken in a starving state by a hermit, who weaned him from eating raw flesh.
    One of the kings soldiers got him from the hermit and presented him to the king. It was many years before he could be made to wear clothing, and even now he dislikes the society of men. He speaks only in reply to questions, and then it is with difficulty that he is understood.”
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