498 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



saw the horse entire very shortly before sunset, and it 

 was not more than an hour after sunrise when we re- 

 turned to the spot. It is ordered by the sultan, that 

 when a horse, bullock, or any large animal, becomes a 

 prey to the dogs, that a guard be sent with axes, &c. 

 to cut it up, in order that the dogs may more easily 

 make away with it : and J have frequently seen them 

 doing so ; yet in this instance I could not imagine the 

 guard could have known to turn out before sunset, 

 unless they had been watching the death of the horse 

 from the barrack -windows. 



The dogs in the burial-ground, have also their 

 localities, beyond which they cannot stir without risk- 

 ing their lives. Their food seems to be the dead sub- 

 jects of the Ottoman Porte ; for although the Turks 

 bury in a coffin, and also batten it down with boards, 

 the body is not more than from eight to twelve inches 

 from the surface of the earth, and easily got at by the 

 dogs, who, on account of the sloping nature of the 

 greater part of the burial-grounds, can frequently en- 

 ter a coffin without disturbing much of the surface of 

 the grave, and not only find savoury food in the dead 

 Mussulman's tomb, but also cheap and comfortable 

 lodgings if the weather be severe. 



The burial-ground dog may, on the whole, be said to 

 be better provided against the effects of the weather 

 than he of the street ; as the first can at any time find 

 a lodging in some grave, that has formerly served 

 him as a dining-room ; w^hile the poor street- dog is 

 obliged to content himself by creeping, in the cold 

 nights, as close to the side of the house as he possibly 

 can. 



It is a very common thing, after a severe night, for 

 an early riser to see in his morning's walk, ten or 

 twenty dead dogs ; but as the day wanes apace, these 



