DOGS OF THE CHASE 2.5OO YEARS AGO 



Among the ruins of Nineveh have been found marble slabs upon which are carved such 

 scenes as this, which shows attendants with nets holding the leashes of the hunting dogs of 

 Assur-bani-pal, the grand monarque of Assyria, magnificent patron of art and literature and 

 creator of the great library of Nineveh. This panel proves that the hunting dogs of twenty- 

 five centuries ago were much the same as those of today. 



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