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Show WILD WOMAI IS SEEN III CAMPIM FOREST LIVES IN HUT WITH A NUMBER OF DOGS A8 HER ONLY COMPANIONS. Ottawa, Ont. A report of n woman roaming wild in tho forests about Bluo Sea lake, not far from this city, has been brought horo by Prof. Mncaulcy, ot Harvard university, who has been spending some tlmo In that section of tho country. Ho states that while hunting one day in tho woods near tho Qntlncau river a scurrying In tho underbrush cnuscd him to quickly turn his rifle In the direction ot tho sound. To his surprise tho wild face of human hu-man being, tanned to a dark brown by oxpoBure to Bun and air, framed by masses ot dark, coarse hair, and unmistakably tho faco of & woman. 8ho Turned and Fled. peered at him from the shadows. Tho hunter quietly nppronchod her, but before ho could speak bIio turned and fled. Prof. Macauley says she seemed to bo dressed In nothing moro substantial sub-stantial than leaves, entwined and matted together so as to form a covering for her body. He mado inquiries in-quiries In the neighborhood and found that other persons besides himself had Been tho woman. She lives in Bolltudo In a small, low hut, in tho Interior of which no person of medium size could stand upright. She has no companion save a numbor of dogs, which help her In procuring food In tho forest. A rlflo Is included in the list of her possessions, but ammunition am-munition has been refused her. It appears that owing to an injury dono tho womnn years ago sho has over slnco shunned human society and lived In tho depths of tho bush. How sho keeps allvo during tho sovero winter win-ter Is a mystery. |