THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 491 



tincliel was as great as that of the dolorous hunt which 

 caused the fight of Chevy Chase. Did we say north 

 of the Tay ? The time has been when a fairer forest 

 than any in the rugged highlands grew on the banks 

 of Ettrick and Yarrow, and ' down by Tiviotdale/ 

 That forest has been sung by many a bard, and though 

 now destroyed (all save a few old trees on the banks 

 and scaurs of St. Mary's Lake, melancholy memorials 

 of the rest !) will flourish in memory as long as the 

 Scottish minstrelsy is sung, and the deeds which it ce- 

 lebrates remembered with affection and pride. Yes, 

 the days have indeed altered since 



*• King James and a' his companie, 

 Rade down the Meggat glen ;" 



and the echoes of Loch Skene will never more be 

 awakened by the baying of the hound and the merry 

 blast of the horn !" Sport. Mag. 



The dogs of Constantinople may be divided into two 

 classes — the Frank and the Turkish dog. The first 

 class is small, and only to be found in the streets 

 of Pera, or harbouring about the doors of Frank houses 

 and cafes. They appear to be nearly all akin, if not 

 in the direct line, from the English pointer dog ; and 

 it has been supposed that some English travellers, who 

 have visited Pera, have either lost their dogs or had 

 them stole from them, and from these the present race 

 has sprung ; as certainly they have not been trained to 

 the field, as I ascertained from several persons who 

 had made trial of them. Some of these dogs appear 

 to have a local habitation and a name, as they may 

 frequently be seen sitting in the door-ways of Frank 

 houses, to which they have — what is always denied to 

 the Turkish dog — the privilege of entree. The greater 

 part, however, like their Turkish brethren, are name- 



