Captain Nicholetts made him over to the charge of his servants, who take great care of him, but can never get him to speak a word.  He is very inoffensive, except when teased, Captain Nicholetts says, and will then growl surlily at the person who teases him.  He had come to eat anything that is thrown to him, but always prefers raw flesh, which he devours most greedily.  He will drink a whole pitcher of butter-milk when put before him, without seeming to draw breath.  He can never be induced to keep on any kind of clothing, even in the coldest weather.  A quilt stuffed with cotton was given to him when it became very cold this season, but he tore it to pieces, and ate a portion of it, cotton and all, with his bread every day.  He is very fond of bones, particularly uncooked ones, which he masticates apparently with as much ease as meat.  He has eaten half a lamb at a time without any apparent effort, and is very fond of taking up earth and small stones and eating them.  His features are coarse, and his countenance repulsive; and he is very filthy in his habits.  He continues to be fond of dogs and jackals, and all other small four-footed animals that come near him; and always allows them to feed with him if he happens to be eating when they approach.

Captain Nicholetts, in letters dated the 14th and 19th of September, 1850, told me that the boy died in the latter end of August, and that he was never known to laugh or smile.  He understood little of what was said to him, and seemed to take no notice of what was going on around him.  He formed no attachment for any one, nor did he seem to care for any one.  He never played with any of the children around him, or seemed anxious to do so.  When not hungry he used to sit petting and stroking a pareear or vagrant dog, which he used to permit to feed out of the same dish with him.  A short time before his death Captain Nicholetts shot this dog, as he used to eat the greater part of the food given to the boy, who seemed in consequence to be getting thin.  The boy did not seem to care in the least for the death of the dog.  The parents recognised the boy when he was first found, Captain Nicholetts believes; but when they found him to be so stupid and insensible, they left him to subsist upon charity.  They have now left Hasunpoor, and the age of the boy when carried off cannot be ascertained; but he was to all appearance about nine or ten years of age when found, and he lived about three years afterwards.  He used signs when he wanted anything, and very few of them except when hungry, and he then pointed to his mouth.  When his food was placed at some distance from him, he would run to it on all fours like any four-footed animal; but at other times he would walk upright occasionally.  He shunned human beings of all kinds, and would never willingly remain near one.  To cold, heat, and rain he appeared to be indifferent; and he seemed to care for nothing but eating.  He was very quiet, and required no kind of restraint after being brought to Captain Nicholetts.  He had lived with Captain Nicholetts’ servants about two years, and was never heard to speak till within a few minutes of his death, when he put his hands to his head, and said “it ached,” and asked for water:  he drank it, and died.