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unhesitatingly attack anybody approaching" within a quarter of a 

 mile of the flock. There is no more unpleasant predicament than 

 to be attacked by a couple of these brutes, and if a stranger follows 

 his natural impulse and shoots in self-defence, unless he can very 

 well explain his action he will probably pay for it with his life. In 

 fact, local shooters have a saying that if you shoot a shepherd's dog 

 you must be prepared to shoot the shepherd as well. The best thing 

 to do is simply to stand still, or better even to sit down, when the 

 dogs will simply watch you until called off They are, however, 

 very likely to kill your own dog, and the golden rule is to give 

 shepherds a very wide berth. 



TURKISH HOUNDS AND HUNTSMEN 



There is a sporting club at Constantinople which keeps a pack 



of good native hounds, styled koppoi. They are hardy 



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and fast, with good noses, and vicious. 1 he Jiuro- ^^^^ 



pean or Roumelian hound is shaggy-coated, whilst the 



