492 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



Jess and houseless wanderers, living and sleeping en- 

 tirely on the street, or among the ruins of some ad- 

 jacent building. They are harmless, and do not bark 

 or snap at the Frank as he passes ; neither do the 

 Franks beat or molest them in the smallest degree, 

 but seem rather to regard them as unfortunate 

 strangers in a foreign land ; and if one of them should 

 get assailed by a Turkish dog, woe to the assailant if a 

 Frankish stick is near at hand ! 



The first thing that attracts a stranger on arriving 

 at the Capital of the Turkish empire, is the immense 

 number of dogs he meets lying in his way, some in the 

 centre of the street, others right across the footpath, 

 sound asleep, and perfectly unconscious that they have 

 chosen the situation of all others that will subject 

 them to most danger. In walking along a stick is 

 absolutely necessary in order to make them get out 

 of the way ; and in many cases three or four good 

 blows have to be administered in order to get the lazy 

 cur to move. An Irishman, whose patience had been 

 severely tried during the winter of 1838 — 9, used to 

 remark, that " they were four-stroke-proof gentlemen: 

 one blow on the head to awaken them ; another on 

 the legs to let them feel they were awake ; a third on 

 the face to make them get up ; and a fourth behind to 

 help them to run away." 



If a stranger appears in the street in the Frank 

 dress, (and the dogs know a stranger as well as the 

 prefet de la police de Paris,) and the dog be not asleep, 

 he instantly sets up a howl, which soon draws all the 

 other dogs in the vicinity forth to join the chorus. 

 Woe to the poor stranger who is annoyed in walking 

 along the streets of a strange town with six or eight 

 dogs at his heels, and as many standing on each side 

 of him ! his temper will be sadly put to the test. The 



