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That the Turkish dogs are often annoyed unneces- 

 sarily by the Franks, there is no doubt ; but, on the 

 other hand, the dogs are often the aggressors, as may 

 be seen from the following instances, many more 

 of which I could give : — 



One fine winter day, at the commencement of the 

 present year, when walking on the banks of the Bos- 

 phorus, a little below Therapia, along with an Irish 

 artist, we were passing a Turkish guard-house, and 

 talking on some subject which engaged our attention 

 so much that we were not aware that there were any 

 dogs near us, when one caught the Irish gentleman by 

 the calf of the leg, and instantly returned to the sen- 

 tinel's feet. Enraged beyond measure, my friend 

 seized hold of my stick, and flung it so as to strike 

 the dog's legs ; it was, however, too cunning, and 

 evaded him. He was not to be so baulked, and lifting a 

 stone about fourteen pounds weight, he struck the 

 dog on the chest ; it dropped down, and the Turkish 

 sentinel began to abuse him, and threaten imprison- 

 ment if he again touched it. He was, how^ever, in too 

 great a passion to care for a Turkish sentinel with an 

 empty musket, and telling him to look to himself, or 

 he would have a touch at him after he was done with 

 the dog, he lifted up a much larger stone^ and killed 

 it at one blow, as it lay gasping for breath. 



In the other instance, the aggressor was more for- 

 tunate ; for coming along the principal street of Pera, 

 a dog came running out of the ruins of an old build- 

 ing, caught me by the thigh, and tore my trowsers ; 

 before I had time to strike him wdth my stick he was 

 gone ; although a very unfriendly trick it was a very 

 nimble one. The wound, however, healed in a few days, 

 as all w'ounds from these dogs do ; for hydrophobia 

 is perfectly unknown in Constantino •)le. 



