ancient Britons, for there is an old Welsh saying which states that "a gentleman is 

 known by his 'horse, his hawk and his greyhound." The slugi in its native or home 

 state is now principally to be found in its purity among the Bedouin Arabs. They 

 place the greatest value on these dogs, and they are as difficult to obtain from the wan- 

 dering Arabs as are their thoroughbred horses. Furthermore, there is an Arab saying 

 that the most valued of all things among the highest of these nomads and hunters are 

 "his horse, his slugi and his wife's earrings." The Arabian greyhounds are primarily 

 valuable for coursing antelope in sandy countries and where the sun is felt with all his 

 power. They also thrive in temperate climates. 



Our old friends the pointers and setters are used in Northern Africa, as they are 

 in the South and the East, the West and Central of that enormous and game-holding 

 country. American foxhounds have been found most useful running on the trail of 

 the lion ; furthermore, they have the good sense to keep away from the great cat when 

 it comics to close quarters. These hounds will soon tree a cheetah and the rifles or 

 the arrows of the natives will accomplish the rest. In Africa, generally, there is 

 much bird life, as that term applies to partridges, snipe, quail, etc. In that country 

 there are several small and dangerous snakes; but it has been found that the dogs' 



Incident in a Waterloo Coursing Meeting 



sagacity has been such that they, of their own initiation, immediately become alive to 

 the dangerous natures of these reptiles and that they will return to the shooter when 

 they get near a snake, either in the grass or on a branch overhead. Greyhounds are 

 used in Africa for coursing the smaller bucks and hares, and such dogs, fleet of foot 

 and able to run down an antelope, may be bartered "up-country" for produce of great 

 value, the natives, especially the chiefs of powerful tribes practically nations having 

 been known to give mining and other concessions where first class dogs have been 

 given as presents. 



There is a great deal of variety in the Australian shooting and the bush life of that 

 lovely country is entrancing for the lover of nature and the observer of mammals and 

 birds. Pointers and setters are used in just the same way as they are anywhere else. 

 Quail are plentiful and the varieties of numbers of wild fowl are beautiful and often 

 countless. As for hares, in some places they are almost as common as the rabbits ; and 

 hares are three times more prolific in that balmy country than they are in climes north 

 of the equator in Europe and America. Coursing is a great sport there and is a 

 means of much speculating or wagering among Australians and New Zealanders. New 

 Zealand in many climatic instances and country surroundings is very much like England, 

 and game has been imported and the different societies and clubs have done much to 

 acclimatize/' breed and protect game. Here is a country where springer spaniels could 



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