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magnitude and strength as in the wildest parts of chap. 
Turkey-, or in the passes of the j^pennines; and ' . 
the genuine race of the wolf-dog of Ireland is 
now become almost extinct in that country. 
As an association corroborating this remark, 
wherever these dogs appeared in our route, we 
observed also a wilder tribe of Albanians, than Albanians 
those who accompanied us from Marathon; Mountain*. 
wearing upon their feet the Scythian labkas\ or 
old Celtic sandals, made of goat's-skin, with the 
hair on the outside; and the still more curious 
appendage to their dress of the Celtic hilt, as 
worn by antient Romans, and now found also in 
the Highlands of Scotland*. Our Tchochodar, 
Ibrahim, at sight of this people, immediately 
grasped his carabine, and, shaking the hem of 
his pelisse*, made signs to us to be upon our 
(2) The largest ever known was taken from the Turks at the 
capture of Belgrade, and made a present to the Kin^ of Naples : it 
was equal in size to a Shetland pony : his son used to ride it. The 
author saw it at Naples, in 1793. 
(3) See Vol. I. of these Travels, p. 230. Octavo Edit. 
(4) " Land of Albania ! let me bend mine eyes 
On tliee, thou rugged nurse of savage men !" 
Byron's Childe Harold, Canto ii. stanza 57. line 5. 
See also Note iii. to that Canto, p. 124. Lond. 1812. 
(5) A sign of caution universal among the Turks, which it is not 
very easy to describe. The Reader taking the upper corner of the 
lappel of his coat delicately between his fore-finger and thumb, gently 
shaking it, and extending the other three fingers of hU right hand, 
will 
