EASTERN DOGS IN EARLY TIMES 



literati, for they record that he was addicted to drunkenness 

 in temples, and was given to stealing dogs from his subjects.* 

 His nightly prowlings, after the manner of Khalif Haroun-al- 

 Raschid, in later days led to his death, for, returning to the 

 palace one night in an inebriated state, he was followed and 

 murdered by one of his generals. 



Yu Pi Tung Ch'ien. 



