FOREIGN NON-SPORTING AND UTILITY BREEDS. 
in the aristocratic quarter, where more 
dainty food may be gathered. 
The Pariah dog never attempts to enter 
a. dwelling, but will patiently wait outside 
until the expected food is brought out, and 
one may notice with what regularity they 
divide into packs, each pack taking up its 
station at a particular spot. 
This separation into packs is one of the 
most curious characteristics of these dogs. 
They keep strictly within the bounds of 
their own quarter, and if one dares to stray 
into a rival camp he is immediately attacked, 
and probably killed. No dog of any other 
breed is safe in the streets of Constantinople, 
but instances have been known of Pariah 
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dogs chivalrously protecting the pet dog 
of persons who have been kind to them. 
It is rarely. that anyone is bitten by them, 
although they may snap when kicked or 
trodden upon. Cases of rabies very seldom 
occur among Pariah dogs. Distemper is in- 
frequent ; in hot weather mange is common. 
Some years ago, in the time of the Sultan 
Mahmud II., an attempt was made to get 
rid of these dogs from Constantinople, and 
as it is contrary to the Mohammedan law to 
kill an animal, they were shipped to an 
island off the coast. They all swam back 
to the mainland, however, and returned to 
their original quarters in the city, where 
they have never since been molested. 
PARIAH DOGS OF CONSTANTINOPLE 
