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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1957.

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THE WAIFS OF MINDAPORE

were FERAL

HEN Rudyard a second, followed by two cubs. of the hole ambled two hideous

W Kipling croated Then the watchers gasped. Out

By Trevor Holloway

basically a

Mowgli, the wolf- and fantastic creatures with child, in his "Jungle Book," long matted hair. They walked motionless together musing for the world applauded him as a master of fantasy. Kipling knew hin India and he was well aware that Mowgli had his counterpart in that country, He had heard many tales of feral children-children abducted in infancy and reared by four-footed foster mothers and he had good reason for believing many of them

But she shed a few tears-one

indeed, become accustomed to sho wae, en all-fours, muzzled the ground ng periods at a time. They of the earliest signs to betray and behoved in every respect as never But

and in sunlight human being. the rest of the pack.

bright light

Two But the Rev. J. A. Singh was their eyes become arrow pits. left in no doubt that these two Yet at night they could ap- with purently sea well in deep gloom, wild, creatures consorting wolves were indeed human.

to be true.

may

validity

were

The Secret

A few days later, with a party

Whilst in darkness their eyes mcmed to enannte a dull TY glow.

years passed before Kamain even attempted to stand upright. By 1920 she was able

to walk a few steps unaided, but she never progressed fur- her than the performance one

expecls

child. At first she

frem a two-year-old

tore hor

clothes to shreds and ran naked, but eventually she would not leave the orphanage unless she was dresɔed as other children.

Kamala, the eldest, had to of arned natives standing by in ways of progressing. She would event of trouble, the pastor and either walk on her feet and the palms of her hands, or on hands his party began digging into the ant hill Before long a Euge

And knees. On all fours she dog wolf strooked out of its

ran so awlitly that it was well- hele and fed into the Jungle.

Then the she-woir slunk out, high impasalble to overtake her. The wolf children slept snarling defiance and holding Any doubts the world her ground. She least toward idled ene on top of the other

had have

of the the party of natives, but a well-d auch storios aimed arrow finished her. of banish: by

the amazing report in 1920 of the capture of the Wolf Children of Mindapore.

that year In October of native Christian missionary, the Rev. J. A. Singh, was exploring human habitations in that fertile

wes belt of India stretching

latitude ward along the

Of Bombay. Evening was approach ing, to the pastor and his party decited to ghe camp at the small village of Godamuri, They Here, with his wife's were in the art of setting up the missionary began the their tents when a young man tastic task of trying to eradicate of the Kura tribe caine rushing from his strange charges their into the village in utter (enor. Manish Bagha!" te gibbered. pointing back to the jungle fran whence he had come.

End Of All Hopes Gradually she lost her tasto at interval during the for carrion and learned to cat

Hive

fool at night they would

ceric, mere or less crdinary denn-throateri howls, ending the table. By the time she was Digging went ahead and be-

with a brill, piercing wall. If fourteen years of nge her fore long the chamber of the

extended to about den was rehched-and huddle wolves gave voice in the Jungle vocabulary

and fifty words, would give answering together in the camer were the close by, both Kamala

Both the missionary and his two cubs and the two half- Amaln

wife felt confident that they hummase. The cubs showed little calls immediately.

Tears

would succeed In converting Wight,

wolf-children but the

at the made repeated rushes

Despite every effort on the this strange wolf-child into

But it diggers with bared teeth,

part of the missionary and his normal young woman. Will

lilleulty great

the wife, Analo dlet eighteen was not to ba misionary

the managed to bundle monits after arriving at

The animal part of her make-

was and up

stranger than the the two creatures into a heavy orphanage. For six days etnisk and get them back to the nights Kamalt refused to leave human and after a short illness orphanage he had established at the spot where her sister had she died of ornemia at the age Mindapore.

died and throughout this period of seventeen,

COPYRIGHT help, she refused to eat or drink.

The missionary pricked up his earn. It was not the Arst time he had heard of these man- ghots, half human, half onboal, which roamed the jungle at night in company with packs of navage wolves. He devideá to investigate.

The following evening saw the pastor and his party perched on an hnprovised platform in the branches of a tres over looking a huge barrow-shaped ant hill. It was from this ant hill that the young Koran de clared The man-host had emerged.

An hour passed and nothing happened; then, suddenly, from

deep-rooted

Sturs-

animal Instincts. The two wolf-children they were both females--appeared to be aged about two and eight years respectively. The they named Kamala younger, Aniala,

and

elder the

It was interred, and later sub- stantiated, that both had been suckled and reared in the Jungle by wolves alone.

The process of rehabilitating the jungle walls was more dim- cult than had been expected. The wolf-children ate their food from the ground and lapped water like a dog. Cooked food they refused, but would devour If anyone carrien ravenously.

approached whlist they were eating they would sarl and bare their teeth in menacing manner.

of the holes a full-grown By day they would seek out inl sit wolf emerge. Behind it came some shady corner

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Isolated whitewashed villages, ny sugar-loa! churches, forests of windmills with canvas sally endlessly turning like anhnated white daisies.

This is Crele. The friendly iste. The island of tiny, crescent, golden beaches, The holiday place that is completely undiscovered. And it is only 15 hours from Britain.

The biggest town is Heraklion, a useful base for excursions. But It would be a great plỷ to go to Crete and stay in Heraklion.

My advice is: make straight for the tiny fishing port of St Nicholes, in Eastern Crele.

There are two ways of getting here. By fast American fax or by bus. recommend the bus.

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Round the mountain it jerks, along roads that make a cart track seem like like an ulcbahın. Suddenly it stopa.

Across the road is a little while church where every passenger, led by the driver, kneels and prays. In the lting phrases you will never understand, they me praying for a safe outcome of the Journey. It seems the best insurance avaliable

in these paris.

And they've never lost a bus

yen...

The three and a half hour journey, you will decide, wus

necessary.

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is the place to swim, to relax. strangers. Within five minutes

SCOTCH and

STAY HOME |YOUNG LOVERS

Don't regret Gretna

London.

OR centuries, thousands

FOR

of very young and love- stricken English couples have dashed across the Scottish border and con- tracted legal marriages..

Now, say two members of parliament, this must stop. Mrs Jean Mann, Scottish Labour MP, and W. M. F. Vane, English Conservative They've never lost a bus yez...

MP, havo joined in their "Good," said George. "I shall He delivered me back to my fight to finish fast marri-

minors He patted hotel. I dined alone. But later ages of take you swimming." his faded blue jeans, "Under George was there with a huge domicile is outside of Scot-

Tomorrow, land. here I always wear my bathing bunch of roses.

and

anywhere.

whoge

without parental consent at the age of 18; in England you must be 21.

St Nicholas is com- Providing, of course, one can of arriving the tourist is sur- suit. I swim all year round, he said, "we shoti swim."

Scotswoman Mann complaints pletely unspoiled. The views, in beat off, the attentions of the rounded by chattering locals with the French Ash under starting Technicolour,

was that her country is becoming "a" rival locals. For every Cretan has a offering food, knives, presents.

But the next morning water. With a mask and a gun. those of the Italian lakes. This passion for

Farners in their nutive dress Huge fish.

cool dumping ground for inarriages. fraternising with

cloudy. A You overcast And octopus. of baggy blue breeches, white like octopus?

wind had sprung up. I couldn't English Vone submits the socler jackets,

run-Gway So 1 workers' clalm that shirts, bluc

And George scarlet 1. shuddered.

"are not cummerbunds, high knee boots

usually "Very good," he said. "You decided to return to Heraklion. marriages and pillbox hate or

booked my turbons catch them caslly. Stroke them I had just

bus successful," wander through the streets On on hand. Like this. Then up ticket when he appeared, foot or on mule back. (The fly their arms to embrace you. I explained about going back In Scotland you may marry guide books say that various But you

are not there. You earlier. trips can be made on mule back, stab them quick.

Once in the George was horrified. "But but only the brave should try to throat, once in the eye." Then you can't," he said. "You must cope with those hard leather you take him to Rinn and cat stay. You have dinner with my saddles and sipiled wooden

family tonight. It is all ar good for a week.“ scats.)

"You are very brave," I said. ranged. Please stay."

swelled with pride. You have lunch with George

tiny today instead," I suggested. On an island off-shore a The restaurant owner round witte church stood solitarily.

HIS CARD the corner greets you with, "St Nicholas," said George. Bombay, ing foreign passports or doctors' "Lamb VET good. Beef ver "Each year all the village goes

good. NE look at my British cariificates.

You Ve food: You out there by boat to pray and passport, at this once

sanctuary, where come round later. I show you give thunks. We celebrate the after-sunset thirst, for old Cretan customs. Fist yer day the invaders left. You see," proud imperial gateway to which Kipling eang the praises good."

pointing to the hillside, India, and I am classed as n of the East, can be quaffed.. Everything

ridiculously German pillbox. Il looks very drink addict.

where conversation, so much cheap to Western purses. A silly-we like our freedom part of the joy of normal bars, good though simple meal (lamb, much when we do not have quickly down the road. is strained by the task of followed by delicious goat arms we fight with knives." ensuring nobody gets a drink | cheeses), against your quota.

country-brew

ON

I confess I am not a bit insulted. Rather, I am very giad of it. It saves me 1 doctor's fee.

My

passport is the open

resame is a liquor permit, Now,

So to the

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ALL VER' GOOD

"I realise," sald Me Vane, "that it is romantle and excit ing for youngsters to run away me and get married. But they aro sometimes inclined to get married for that excitement alone--hardly, a sound basis for marringe." George stiffened. "No. I Mr Vane pointed out That

Scottish the can't." He fished in his pocket since 1940

marriage and brought out a crumpled. laws have required that a couplo card. "One day I come 10 reside in Scotland for 21 days Paris. You send me a card."

before they marry.

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Mary young people who run He bowed, turned, and walked away have very lo money.

It often means that don three

I locked at him and thought How could I have told him | weeks they may have to live in octopus, and believed that to see me again he would squalid boarding, houses, and that have to come to London, E.C.47 15 not a brope beginning for

marriage," Mr Vano said.

costs about 20 dräch- mas (58.). That Includes of the Turkish coffee and tips. One him Who should I meet there but night at an hotel costs 28 drach- the travelling agent of a Scotchas and one could stay there for (but the

whisky firm dolefully drinking two mantlis on £30 Efficiency Men Study

puss

FRENCH COOKING

That Office Chair

LAFFICIENCY experts,

He also condemned "romanilo films for boosting elopemeria, pointing out that in 1951 only four marriages of non-Secttish minors WETC performed in Scotland's run-nway haven, Gretna Green, whereas last year pproximately 200 were per formed in the Scottish borden town.

In the land where the Govern pink gin in the absence of tils hotels provide breakfast only),

own brand of Scotch and shak- Nor is drink_expensive. The mont knows so much better than the people what is not ing a sad head over the killing is the red wine Mayru, which pleasantest for European palates of his trade's most profitable costs 3s, fd a bottle, good for them, I can lean on a markets, bar again.

He said sadly: "I just But only with a drab khaki- through here now on my way to uniformed excise man looking somewhere else. Here's to Kata- It was at St Nicholas I met

furniture manufacturers, over my shoulder to see that ehi in the morning and no more George. every drop down the hatch also of this nonsense."

He adopted me. In physicians and managers are making a full-scale Mir Vane wants the Sceretary- goes down against my permit-

his Jeans and grubby tartan So out to a restaurant. Ashirt ho sidled up to me, tad quota of 27 nips of Scotch glassy-eyed drunk staggers by

Burvey of how office workers from the managing of State for the Home Depart- ment to consult with the Se- in five days,

He spoke to me in French. A director to the typist sit down on the job. They plan cretary of State for Scotland begging for "balcheesh", This femilior language. I nearly He stands at the end of the maitanically-run elly is chock-hugged hin

to issue a specification for chairs that are comfortable and introduce legislation aimed bar just where mine host holds full of addicis. Those Indians

but do not induce sleep, and can be sat on for long periods at banning minor marriages for court in England pubs of fond who can't get doctors'

My reply was adequate enough

non-residents of Scotland. cert for him to believe I was French. without causing cramp and fatigue,

Be memory. And he seems to be- flcates or are too illiterate

He expects it will "You would like to eat?" he

betoro grudge every drog you drink, apply for permits fall back on

concrete fables to prevent long time" sala. "Good, 1 take you to a The experis-members of the cats although there is a surcharge on smuggled and

action is taken by the Scots to illicitly-distilled reumant French cooking."

Institution's snogged nylons, British Standards the liquor to pay hla salary.

there marriages, but drinks.

committee --- A spokesman for the BSI said curtcit anthropometric” He took me to the Uny har- Some of theso aro viciously bour restaurant now named the are taking into account the the report will also deal with points out that the Churches of harmful

Riff (St. Nicholas is recovering Ricasurements of thousands of the proper height and con- Scotland and England, are, be Road blocks and

struction of decks, tables, fling hind him. prohibition from the invasion of eighty office workers,

cabinets And other omcial So, for at frost a while, the palrols cannot slop It.

French film belists),

Protecting the nylons

sleepy cquipment.

Bille border town of He walked up to the pro- They want to be sure that Salt the cfcial: "The whole Gretna Green can continue en- prictor, gabbled in Greeft, then everyone,

from the smallest idea is in encourage

the pro-joying its singular fame and Ha led me gently to a table. filing clerk to the tallest valce ducilon of office furniture that occasional flurries of exellement

*You will be all right,” he checker, is properly seated and.

That together with the slande and-deliver tax brings prices up 16 HK$0 for a double Scotch The excise man looking over and $19, for a pint of bottled my shoulder is part of the

efforts to lighten up control.

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But before you can get Into the drink addict's special liquor patronised hotel recently re- said. "The eher understands an get up at the end of the will help reduce fatigue and set over loving couples and enraged

a' certain standard of comfort" parents, bars you have to pay si for the vealed a beinous deficiency

bodily 60 bottles of beer against per-We toured the village. I ustred day without feeling

*ANTHROPOMETRY -- Tho application form and 35 for A

measurement · of Now every bar has it him about himself. He was 21, strain

the human short-term permit plus tanci mits.

and had learned to speak French They are also planning ways body with a view to determine fares for two visits to the old khaki-clad mooper.

during the film company's visit of covering seals to reduce risk its average dimensions at customs house to queue up with

Itomorrow I stay in day." land for- rounding the legs.

London Express Service),

follow addicts thankfully show- By Stephen Harper momentan extra day of shine on, scirts and trousers diferent ages,

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By MARY

MCALPINE