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To Gorrbbponjjbnts.— Those desiring us to prosoribe for their dogs 

 win please take note of anil describe the following points in each ani- 

 mal: 



1. Age. 2. Food and medicine given. 3, Appearance of the eye ; 

 of the coat ; of the tongne and lips. 4. Any changes in the appearance 

 of the body, as bloating, drawing in of the flanks, etc. 5. Breathing, 

 the number of respirations per minute, and whether labored or not. 

 6. Condition of the bowels and secretions of the kidneys, color, etc. 7. 

 Appetite; regular, variable, etc. 8. Temperature of the body as Indi- 

 cated by the bulb of the thermometer when placed between the body 

 and the foreleg. 9. Give position or kennel and surroundings, outlook, 

 contiguity to other buildings, and the uses of the latter. Also give any 

 peculiarities of temperament, movements, etc., that may be noticed ; 

 signs of suffering, etc. 



STREET DOGS IN CONSTANTINOPLE. 



IT is my private, and therefore my unshakable, opinion, 

 that, whatever anybody else says, the street dogs of Con- 

 stantinople, in spite of the natural benevolence and chronic 

 alms giving of the true Mussulman character, do not fare 

 sumptuously rtwry day, for I saw four street dogs make a sim- 

 ple, hearty meal on the remains of nn old beaver hat. I do 

 not mean to say that the street dogs of Constantinople live on 

 nothing but old hats. On the contrary, I have intimate rea- 

 sons for knowing that they live on dead cats, dead pashas, 

 dead horses, dead asses, melon rinds, water skins, old saddles, 

 shreds of ribbons, and nut shells. Have I not sat down and 

 watched their frugal meal with the interest of a brother a thou- 

 sand times? Have they not, like poor relations and friends, 

 snapped at my legs on a dozen occasions ? Have I not taken 

 up my-slick at last and drubbed them until I was weary, 

 just to show that I really loved them ? 



I think that, striking an average, the more retired and 

 short streets of Byzauitmi would furnish in the dog days, 

 let us say, about from seven to nine dogs to the great unpaid 

 dog army of Constantinople. Now, you must not run away 

 with the notion that the pariah dogs, perhaps of good line- 

 age, are mean, ugly, or debased in face or bearing. "Not they. 

 They may not be as bold and chivalrous as the shaggy New- 

 foundland ; as lithe and cresccnty as that shivering exile, the 

 Italian greyhound ; as droll and muffy as the Skye ; as stuidy 

 and sagacious as the poiuter,- as vivacious and hearty 

 as the smooth terrier, or as dogged as the bulldog, 

 that most costermongery and blood-thirsty of our four- 

 footed favorites. They are not very thoroughbred, though 

 they do keep to themselves, and are as strict as gypsies 

 about losing cast and position by lowering marriages, or even 

 civic alliances. They are not ridiculously small-eared or large 

 thighed, or large 'jawed ; their hands and feet are not aristo- 

 cratically too small for any honest use, but they are just such 

 downright brave, sharp-teethed, strong-backed do^s as the 

 Great Shaper first made and Adam first named in that most 

 fruitful of languages— the Hebrew— the dodger, i. e., wise 

 animal, from whence, as Mr. Trenchant tells us, came the Ve- 

 netian word "Doge," quasi "master spirit," ?'. e., wise being, 

 from whence is deduced, or dragged, the degraded slang word, 

 " dodger," or "knowing one." 



It is observed that, while the dogs in the quieter and more 

 lonely streets on the tops of the Seven Hills toward the ruined 

 walls were sullen, ascetic, fierce, shy and cynical, the dogs of 

 the busier streets near the Bosphorus and down by the Serag- 

 lio, or the bazars, were slinking, mean, timid and cowardly. 

 Philosophy soon discovers the reason. In the quiet streets 

 these dogs prowl and scavenger, and do the strolling, unpaid 

 sanitary commissioner, and are the terror of Turkish, urchins, 

 and the dread of gossiping servants at garden doors ; but 

 nearer the busy haunts of men these same dogs become so 

 kicked and drubbed and driven and "chivied " (for you can- 

 not beat a London thief epithet for persecution), that they 

 get quite broken-hearted, and, laying down abjectly all pre- 

 tensions to savage freedom, become acknowledged and brand- 

 ed pariahs, rogues and vagabonds, servants of the public, do- 

 ing willingly the meanest chores, yet as terribly worried in re- 

 turn as any unpopular cabinet minister ; so that, while when 

 alone in the higher streets, it is possible that you may be lol- 

 lowed by a growing tram of dogs, who, in time, will gather 

 courage and fall on you, leaving, for all we know, nothing but 

 your shirt but tons, which they will spit out' like cherry stones, 

 according to the precedent of the unhappy sausage-maker ? 

 so, in other streets, it is nothing all day but one incessant 

 charging out of protesting shop men from doorways, stick in 

 hand, a shower of blows and a scattering away, ending with 

 a groaning howl (dismal to hear) that lasts sometimes a good 

 live minutes. 



But to describe our friend, " Ganis erraticus," as Maler 

 would call him. He is a fine made animal, nearly as large 

 as a retriever, but occasionally sinking to the smaller fox- 

 hound size. He is generally of a ruddy -brown or rufous 

 color, now deepening almost to black, now lightening to the 

 pale brown of a rather underdone ginger biscuit. His tail is 

 nothing particular, but his head is well made and sagacious ; 

 his eyes are bright, wary and untamed ; his teeth generally 

 large,' white, and singularly strong and sharp. As for the old 

 legend of the necessity of going armed with a perpetual stick, 

 it is now at least sheer nonsense. Except at night, when the 

 unlighted streets are dangerous, the dogs will never touch 

 you. Stooping for a stone, except in rare cases, would frighten a 

 dozen ; and so well is this known in Stamboul, that it is a 

 common saying among the turbaned true believers, that no 

 Turkish dog wdll stay in a mosque, because they always mis- 

 take the stooping and bowing men for vindictive enemies 

 bending for stones to pelt them with. The Greeks have the 

 same legend, which is more noteworthy there where- the shep- 

 herds' dogs rush, like open-mouthed and hungry lions, upon 

 every traveler that passes them, be he wise or simple. 



It was the second week or so of my acquaintance with Con- 

 stantinople that I saw the wild dog' in his fiercest and most 

 historic aspect. Almost the first thing the Anglo Saxon tra- 

 veller visits is the Florence Nightengale's Hospital, over in 

 Scutari. It is still called " Florence Nightengale's Hospital," 

 and always will be called so in memory of that brave lady, 

 though it is now uuly returned to its old uses, and is again' a 

 barrack for dirty Turkish soldiers. I had done the proper 

 thing — that is, had taken a caique on the wooden bridge, skip- 

 ping gingerly along its sharp, narrow, covered end, knowing 

 that' one inch awry I should be in the water. I reached 

 my seat, and then letting ourselves gently drop into the s rt 

 of well or "crade," as the boatmen pall 

 self comfortably into the ouahion-lined 

 in Turkish: 

 Boatman, ' and, <iU we went, 



A moment was taken by the stalwart boatman to adjust his 

 oars, by a greased leather loop, to the rowlock pegs, then 

 poising the curious oars, the upper parts of which are as large 

 and oval as small skittle pins, he flew over the blue Bosphorus 

 with me, bearing straight to the cliff on whose top the English 

 tombstones shine like beacons. 



In due time that half mile or so of blue water was passed 

 by the silk-shirted Palimlrus, and, paying him so many great 

 copper piastres, I leaped on the little plank jetty, where 

 were found some Turkish boys watching a stalwart black 

 diving. Asking them my way, and so learning it, I scram- 

 bled across the grooved sloping tramway of a caique builders, 

 and made along the narrow strip of shore that underlies the 

 crumbling earl h-cliffa of Scutari — the barrack side of the town. 

 It was delicate walking, for the earlh sloped very*jlose to the 

 black, shelless pebbles of the beach, and the miserly water 

 washed high up to meet the boulders and colored stones and 

 drag i hem hack to submarine, 



The walk was pleasant, on one side, because I could see 

 the city, gleaming in the distance, and the breath of the sea 

 was bracing and fresh in that torrid climate ; but on the other 

 hand if was not pleasant, for here and there a sluggish black 

 stream treacled down the cliff, or poured through some self- 

 worn channel, in a way that would have made the Thames, 

 the grandmother of ail sewers, past, present and to come, 

 burst ils banks with envy. 



I was trying to quiet the scruples of ray offended nose, 

 and was wondering what strangled pashas and headless wives 

 might not, fifty years ago, have been washed up on this noi- 

 some shore, where nothing but the wild barren ground grew 

 and where the ground was strewed with dead starfish, when 

 my eyes, looking upward from the beach, ran twenty yards 

 off, and there fell, with alarm and horror, upon the carcass of 

 a dead horse upon which a bantl of wild dogs were feeding as 

 busily as aldermen at a charity dinner on a haunch of venison. 

 They were tugging, and peelling, and riving, as energetically 

 as lawyers oh Chancery property, unanimous as swindling 

 directors, silent as gluttons at a feast. They scarcely looked 

 up to see who was coming ; poachers and wreckers work not 

 so industriously. I should have believed that they had not 

 dined for a month before, for they were slaving like ship- 

 wrights working overtime the night before a launch. I 

 knew not which dog's energy most, to admire : whether he of 

 the tanning, or he of the zoological; he of the anatomical, or 

 he of the physiological department. It was a labor of love to 

 them, and they went at it tooth and nail. 



Some of the wretches were nuzzliDg their gory heads in 

 the scooped-out stomach ; others were tugging angrily at the 

 crimsoning main, to get at the choicer morsels beneath. 

 Others were stripping up the hide over flank »nd thigh with 

 loathsome dexterity, and a few of the more timid, frightened 

 by warning bites, and scared by ominous growls, were diggiug 

 their sharp and hungry teeth into the distant legs and the 

 long sinewy neck. The carrion-vulture gorging himself on a 

 dead, swollen ox, is horrible to see, but this cried out to me : 

 " You infidels, you are in a new country where life has no 

 high value, and' where death has new terrors." Making a 

 long detour, so as to out-flank this public diuner, I passed 

 on inward and upward to the stony street that leads to the 

 hospital of Florence Nightengale. 



Only the next day, as I strolled through an almost disused 

 part of the "Petit Champ des Morts," as the French of Pera 

 playfully call the old Turkish burial-ground, through which 

 their chief promenade runs, I looked among the tombs 

 around us, and saw a grave, immediately facing where we 

 stood, that had lately fallen in, just as a badly baked pie might 

 do at the first shivering touch of the knife. As the Turks are 

 not civilized enough yet to boast of resurrection-men, and as 

 their doctors are not so studious of death's secrets as to give 

 even one farthing for dead Turks, whether murdered for the 

 purpose or not, I began to wonder for a moment what had led 

 to this yawning aperture. But, when I instantly remembered 

 that the poor Turks were buried without coffins, only laths or 

 light hoop-wood being placed to keep the earth from pressing 

 uncomfortably on the pale maa, I ceased to wonder. The body 

 decays, the earth, unless renewed, falls in ; and what leads to 

 this ghastly and alarming accident still more is that the Turks 

 are in the habit of leaving a hole communicating from the 

 body to the upper air. The edge of this tube the sun chaps, 

 and the crack, running downwards at once, levers up the 

 baked clay. 



I was turning away, wondering ' what horror would next 

 meet my eyes in this strange coimtry, when lo 1 the ground 

 gaped and cracked wider, and from the dark, loathsome little 

 cave toddled upwards, winking to the light, a little wild dog 

 pup, his yellowish hair still almost down, and before I had 

 done wondering at finding the poor man's grave turned into a 

 kennel, up toddled, screeching feebly, yelping, and rolling 

 now and then upon their backs, four others of the same breed, 

 the respected mother of the family refusing to appeal", and re- 

 maining in her unfragrant subterranean drawing room. — All 

 The Year Around, Dec. 31,1859. 



Bench Show at the Pakis Exposmox. — It has been de- 

 cided by the managers of the Great Exposition lo be beld in 

 Paris in 1878 to add a dog show to its many other attractions. 

 Dogs are to be divided into six categories ; the first to com- 

 prise animals used for the protection of human beings and for 

 guarding flocks ; the second comprises hunting dogs exclu- 

 sively ; the third, those used to shoot over ; the fourth, grey- 

 hounds ; the fifth, fancy breeds and house dogs ; and the 

 sixth, the miscellaneous varieties not included in other classes. 

 The show will open June 30, and last one week, and will be 

 held inside the Exposition building. Entries are to be made 

 at the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce before the first 

 of April next, and the management, in order to secure regu- 

 larity and good order, will take upon themselves to feed and 

 look after the animals, for each of which the owner, when he 

 makes his entry, must deposit the sum of twelve francs, or 

 about $2.32. Entries may be made by mail, and remittances 

 by post-office- order, payable to the agent, who will supply the 

 necessary blank forms. For dogs exhibited in lots, however, 

 the entrance fee will be but §1.16. Exhibitors must pay for 

 the carriage of their dogs to and from the Exposition, hut the 

 railway authorities have agreed to convey them at excepi ion- 

 ally low rates. Dogs cannot be removed, unless if ill, 

 until the close of the show, except house dog3, which may be 

 ■iing , iu d returned in the morning. A 



JUiy, composed Of French and I U CS Will 



award the prizes, ana tbU jury will be divided Inw sections, 



no member being allowed to exhibit at the show. The prize 

 list is as follows : 



In each of the four first classes there will be given a cham- 

 pion prize for the best dog in each, and there will also be 

 sixty gold, seventy silver, and one hundred and twenty-five 

 bronze medals for distribution in the six divisions. There will 

 also be given in the three first classes, a money prize of lOOf. 

 ($19.30) with each gold medal ; a sum of 75f. (.$14.48) with 

 each silver medal, and 50f. ($9,65) with each bronze medal. 



We trust that American dogs will be represented at the 

 Great Exposition, and feel confident that some of our native 

 setters will reflect credit upon their masters and themselves. 

 Certainly no better opportunity can be offered for the exhibi- 

 tion of native stock. 



Doo Dbom'Sing a Cat.— G. G. in writing to the Land and 

 Water relates the following somewhat curious occurrence, 

 which took place at Morebattle, a village near Jedburgh, in 

 Roxburghshire: "A pup of the collie breed,about four months 

 old, belonging to Alexander "Woodcock, shepherd at Morebat- 

 tle Tofts, was the other day observed to watch closely the 

 drowning of a cat belonging to its master, in the water of Kale 

 which runs close to the shepherd's door. "Woodcock is also 

 possessed of a kitten with which this young collie is in the 

 habit of romping. Shortly after the drowning of the cat, 

 somehow or other the collie,. feeling aggravated at the kitten 

 scratching him, lifted it in his mouth, walked down to the lit- 

 tle wooden bridge that spans the water, and quietly dropped 

 the kitten in, just in the same way as he had seen his master 

 disposing of the cat, thus showing that the drowning scene 

 had made a deep, if not a lasting, impression on the dog's 

 mind. At first sight this circumstance would certainly seem 

 an extraordinary instance of imitative qualities in the dog in 

 question. Puppies when being broken are taught their duties 

 the more easily when they have an old dog to aid in the lesson ; 

 from the very outset they will almost invariably imitate his 

 actions. Even if there is no old dog for them to imitate, pup- 

 pies will imitate the actions of their master, and this is par- 

 ticularly observable in teaching a youDg dog to go "seek," 

 when he observes by his master's action that the latter 'is 

 searching for something he will oftener than not join in the 

 search. It may be in the present case that the pup saw his 

 master drown one kitten, and imitated him by dropping the 

 remaining one off the bridge in the same way. It seems more 

 probable, however, that it was by mere chance the pup 

 dropped the kitten into the water, as it is a very common 

 thing for young dogs to take kittens up in their mouths and 

 carry them even a distance of several yards in play and drop 

 them. 



Tennessee Field Tbials.— The programme of the field 

 trials is as follows : 



Monday, November 12, 1877.— Puppy stakes (for pointers 

 and setters under 18 months), $300, to be paid in prizes of 

 $150, $100 and $50 respectively. Mr. H. C. Prichitt gives 

 $25 in gold to the trainer of the best trained pup in this 

 stake. Entrance $15, to close November 1st, with $10 for- 

 feit. 



Tuesday, November 13, 1877.— Champion stakes (open to 

 all). $500, to be paid in prizes of $250, $150 and $100. Mr. 

 V. L. Kirknan gives $25 in gold to the trainer of the best 

 trained dog or bitch in this stake. Entrance $25, to close 

 November 1st, with $10 forfeit. 



Wednesday, November 14, 1877.— The Dupont Powder 

 Company's stake, $250, for braces. (Open to all— a brace 

 may be owned and hunted by two persons.) The prizes are 

 $150, $75 and $25. Mr. J. F. Nicholson gives $25 in gold to 

 the trainer of the best trained brace in this stake. Entrance 

 $25, to close November 1st, with $10 forfeit. 



Same day.— St. Louis Kennel Club stake, $50 silver cup. 

 For puppies under 12 months. Entrance $5, to close Novem- 

 ber 1st, $2.50 forfeit. All races will be on quail. 



— There is much excitement at Wallingford, Conn., over 

 hydrophobia. Several dogs and a number of cattle have been 

 bitten by a rabid dog, and it is feared that there maybe some 

 human victim. 



Dolly and Beauty.— E. F. Mercilliott has sold to Mr. 

 Wm. Marsh and to Ogden Wood, Esq., the artist, two pup- 

 pies by Morris' Pete, of N. J., out of Grace, first prize 

 winner at N. Y. Bench Show, she by owner's Pet. 



— Chas. Trantor's red Irish setter bitch Bess whelped ten 

 pups— eight dogs and two bitches, out of imported Joe, by 



(Jack). 



Texneksee— Cash premiums amounting to $2,330 are of- 

 fered for the shooting tournament which is to be held in con- 

 nection wilhthe Field Trials at Nashville, Nov. loth, 16th 

 and l'rth. We shall print full particulars next week. 



No Name Given. — The plant sent 1 last week is DulkMum 

 spathactum, a curious Cyperaceous plant, and a native of this 

 country. Please state in future where collected. 



Name Claimed. — F. A. Gary, of Princeton, N. J., claims 

 for his red Gordon setter, out of Scott, Rodman's kennel, the 

 name of Guy Manngring, Junior. 



Egg Suckers. — Here is another recipe from a correspond- 

 ent: 



EDITOR Fi.REST AND Stskam ; 



I completely cured an egg-sucking dog with the following recipe: 

 Having blown an egg, I filled the shell wit ii mustard, red pepper and 

 enough vinegar to mate lire mesa quite nui.i j then putting the egg in 

 I lie dog's month, I crushed it there by eioslng Uie .jaws . 1 held the mouth 

 closed as long- :ts tliu violent Bt> ogglea ol r.ae aulmal would permit, ami 

 Bfutnra is ,,, ogg, 



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