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A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II

CHAPTER IV
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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.


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