, 1884-10-03
CONsTANTINOPLE
And Its Eultitude Of Hairless
NANCY, Friendless Dogs
Characteristics OF the Cur. Which
Haunt the LevAns-Le>s Dog
and More Weat-CoIa-
MES OF


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The FIRST thing thai "a ikes The ton.i,t upon
larflinr 20 cqnsiaafinor;e IS the uau .it1 ie Of
dog. TIC frst thing that the tour H. .trike.
upon aI.dl iere IS also tic nuli.ude Vi
dos. Tho SANE geneini breed OF 'loa-, aair
loss, many and i~riendiees. prevsils over the
Levari. You will ind them ia Sues, Cairo,
Alesnnifr. JaiTs, Jerui aiem, i%e,Iout, Da-
mascu-. Sryina-in fact, in every town
WHORE tbs ru1ki.h dag Gies But Ia Con
s%tantinopie these dogs flourish In MI then
efhcresesnre They are countless; they line
the sidev ak they pave the streets; they
fairly neesie the landscape. Nobsdy touches
them except the stranger. They Aubsist On
their csa ycr1iin and cannot be made 10 get
out Of the wAy.
The chief characteristic Of tine Constant
nople dog is indecision.
The American dog is always full OF husi-
ness; in fact, he always has more on hand
than be can wei attend do. The CONSTANT
nopla G1s sleeps nine-tenths Of the time, day
and night, lying curlel upon the pavement
like "a caterpillar that has been knocked down
while ha was attempting to climb u pole
He never gets a square meal and no would
hardly have the strength TO eat it il
it were before him Three or -four
times a dag he rises laboriously from
the spot where he has been sleeping, looks
around over his left shoulder with a per.
plexe1. aimless expression, and then drops
his head aud surveys the ground for a mo
ment IN silent sadness. What shall lie dol
Shall be change his position u little or con
tinue 10 slumber for a few more hoursi
Again he raises his head andlooks about him.
Perhaps some Of his sleeping confreres may
rise and he viii take his cue from him. But
no one dos. and at length, in despair Of OBJ
tanning n elue as 70 the proper thing TO do,
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completely expended by the exercise Of
standing up so long.
As no does so lis tail falls across the streei
car track; but he Is obliyious Of any such In
cident,
A moment later the train comes aloug, and
there are two pieces Of doggy then l have
seen this occur morn than once. With Il her
culean effort the alleged dog rises to his feet
again, su%mmoning all his reserve Of vocal
energy, yells twice. Some dogs have the
strength to yell three times. Then he turns
painfully around, and surveys first the elo
q ent tail aud then the bleeding place where
it came from Again indecision Is his lead.
ing trait. Watch him long enough and you
will see him crawl nearer to the tail. Pres
entity no gobbles it up. and has tho FIRST sub.
stlntial meal that he has known Tor a cen.
tury. A moment later ho IS fast esls p again.
These dogs live in regular colonies Ia front
" the meat markets. Not that thoy expect
to get anything TO eat there, but they car
sieep better where the sound Of the meat az
aud saw are to be heard. | have seen a.
high as fifteen dogs huddled together, asleep
on tho pavement in front Of thesa narrow
markets. You cannot kill the poor ours.
The accidents which are commonly reckoned
fatal scarcely create n ripple Of interest OF
the part Of the animal. have learned tc
recognize many Of tho brutes by the phase
of mutilation they display. One drag
his two hind legs on the ground as If his
back was broken. Another has three legs
and one ear. Mangled paws and tails an
common. The indifference to bodily violence
is sometimes amusing. 1 do not think my
instincts are brutal, but one of the funniest
things have seen in many u day was a chic
beating q dog ON the streets this morning
Every time the whip descended there was M
a~nticipatory cIinge on the part Of the pool
brute, who had not the enterprise 10 get ouI
Of the way. His occasional yelps AMI tn,
pen-ive. rcproacLful glances which he sen
back at the youngster were grotesqueh
amusing. You could not have kept from
laughing II you had seen the same thing.