THEBES. 0?j 
ought to be mentioned. They will neither eat chap. 
a hare, nor touch it after it has been killed: and 
so powerful is their aversion from this animal, 
that no Albanian servant can be prevailed upon 
to take the skin from a hare, or even to remain, 
in the house where it is dressed*. Some of 
these y^lbanians came from Skejnaia; where they 
said they had seen our Epidaurian dog, during 
the preceding evening; and that he had been to 
the house where we had lodged, in search of 
us. In the course of the day a letter arrived 
from Captain Lacy, who informed us that he 
had also seen him, about six miles from Thebes: 
so that the poor animal had scoured the whole 
country, and was apparently making his way 
back to Athens ; which indeed proved to be the 
case*. 
(4) The Evglish Consul at Snlonica, Mr. Charnaud, being fond of 
shooting, and having plenty of game in his neighbourbood, yet found 
that it was wanton destruction to kill the hares; for his servants, 
natives of the country, would neither eat them, nor dress them for his 
own table. 
(5) Such a loss may appear to be of little importance to a Reader, 
by his fire-side ; but it was seriously regretted on our part ; for it 
deprived us of a guard upon whose fidelity and watchfulness we could 
always rely, and wliose sagacity seemed almost human. He would 
sometimes go forward with the baggage-horses upon a journey; and 
when the owner of the horses dismounted the baggage, he never 
quitted it until we arrived. 
