THE SULIOT DOG. 5 



to guard their tents and cattle. We believe it is 

 also in similar use among the Kurds ; and, in a 

 former article, it appeared, that in the mountains 

 north of the Mekran, and west of the Indus, dogs 

 of this description were likewise the guardians of 

 the peasantry. 



THE BOAR-HOUND OF GERMANY, 



Cants Suillus, G MEL LIN. 



PLATE VII. 



THE Suliot Dog is one of the largest breeds known, 

 and is most likely the true Molossian of antiquity. It 

 is fuller in the mouth, fierce, coarse in aspect, and rug- 

 ged in fur. We never saw any that had not the ears 

 cropped, and the tail rough, with straggling hair : 

 they were tan coloured, with dark brown or blackish 

 surfaces on the back, shoulders, and about the ears. 

 In the last war between Austria and the Turks, 

 the Moslem soldiers employed many to guard their 

 outposts; and, in the course of the campaigns, a 

 great many were captured by the Imperial forces, 

 and secured by the officers as private property, or 

 adopted by the corps as regimental pets. One of 

 these was presented to the King of Naples, and was 

 reputed to be the largest dog in the world, being 

 little less than four feet high at the shoulder. We 

 saw one at Brussels, marching at the head of the 

 regiment of Clerfayt, and another belonging to that 



