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370 MEN FOUND IN A SAVAGE STATE.
In 1731, a girl was caught in the environs of Chalons
sur Marne, in France, and educated in a convent, under
the name of Mademoiselle Leblanc. This female ac-
quired the faculty of speech, and related that she had
lived in the woods with a companion, whom she one day
unfortunately killed by a violent blow on the head, in a
dispute concerning the exclusive possession of a chaplet
which they accidentally found.
In 1767, some inhabitants of Frauenmark, in the
county of Honterser, having gone out to hunt bears, con-
tinued the pursuit of one of those animals of extraordi-
nary size, till they had advanced into the most seques-
tered part of the mountains, whither, it was probable, no
human being had ever penetrated. They were astonished
on perceiving in the snow, the steps of a human foot;
and having followed them, they discovered in a cave, a
female savage, about eighteen years of age, perfectly
naked; she was plump and robust, and her skin very
brown. They were obliged to employ force to drag her
from her retreat. She, however, uttered no cry, nor did
she shed a tear, and at length suffered herself to be car-
ried off quietly. They took her to Calpen, a small town
in the county of Astol, where she was placed in the hos-
pital. Various kinds of meat that had been dressed, were
offered her to no purpose, but she tore, and devoured with
avidity raw flesh, the bark of trees, and different roots. It
was impossible to obtain information how she had been
abandoned in those inaccessible forests, and how she had
been able to defend herself against the animals by which
they are inhabited.
In the month of November 1725, a boy was brought
to Hanover by the superintendant of the house of cor-
rection at Zell, who was supposed to be about 13 years
of age, and was found some time before in a wood near
Hameln, about 25 miles distant from Hanover, walking
on
In 1731, a girl was caught in the environs of Chalons
sur Marne, in France, and educated in a convent, under
the name of Mademoiselle Leblanc. This female ac-
quired the faculty of speech, and related that she had
lived in the woods with a companion, whom she one day
unfortunately killed by a violent blow on the head, in a
dispute concerning the exclusive possession of a chaplet
which they accidentally found.
In 1767, some inhabitants of Frauenmark, in the
county of Honterser, having gone out to hunt bears, con-
tinued the pursuit of one of those animals of extraordi-
nary size, till they had advanced into the most seques-
tered part of the mountains, whither, it was probable, no
human being had ever penetrated. They were astonished
on perceiving in the snow, the steps of a human foot;
and having followed them, they discovered in a cave, a
female savage, about eighteen years of age, perfectly
naked; she was plump and robust, and her skin very
brown. They were obliged to employ force to drag her
from her retreat. She, however, uttered no cry, nor did
she shed a tear, and at length suffered herself to be car-
ried off quietly. They took her to Calpen, a small town
in the county of Astol, where she was placed in the hos-
pital. Various kinds of meat that had been dressed, were
offered her to no purpose, but she tore, and devoured with
avidity raw flesh, the bark of trees, and different roots. It
was impossible to obtain information how she had been
abandoned in those inaccessible forests, and how she had
been able to defend herself against the animals by which
they are inhabited.
In the month of November 1725, a boy was brought
to Hanover by the superintendant of the house of cor-
rection at Zell, who was supposed to be about 13 years
of age, and was found some time before in a wood near
Hameln, about 25 miles distant from Hanover, walking
on