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Hound of to-day. On some of these carvings, of colossal size, are 

 inscriptions of much later date, that were written by invaders under 

 Alexander the Great." 



To show what courage these hounds possess, Major Mackenzie 



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relates how Koosh, the grandsire of the bitch Khulm (illustrated in 

 " Practical Kennel Management "), alone killed a nearly full-grown 

 leopard that was carrying away her dam Mooroo II., when she was 

 a pup. The bitches, being kept in seclusion by the women (as care- 

 fully guarded as mares are in Arabia) except when required to hunt, 



