The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
A DOG IN OLD EGYPT.
&c Was a Friend, and Treated Like a HI
man Being.

In Egypt the dog was a friend and
faithful servant. He lived in the house
with his master, followed him in his
walks, attended the public ceremonies,
sometimes free, at other times held in
leash by slave or child, or in princely
! families by favorite dwarf At his
meals he had his place marked under
| the benches of the guests As in Greece
| and Rome, he was there to dispose Of
! bones the fragments of meat, and the
| pieces of bread that were thrown down,
and in general way to keep the dining
| room clean. These were certainly not
Fery refined fashions, and if our house.
dogs had to satisfy themselves in this
way, they would be likely to die OF hun
ger
The ancients did not feel the delicate
tastes and disgusts in such matters that
we experience; their life presented ex-
cessive refnements and rude features
Of which we have no idea, side by side.
The house dog in Egypt was domestic,
working at his trade, only his trade was
one Of those in which we have ceased to
employ him; it may not have been
great thing that he was lost, but it is in
the kitchen or his kennel that he fin
ishes up his masters dessert
The house dog was shaved, combed
and washed. He was sometimes tinted
with benna as if he were a woman. He
wore fine collars on his neck, furnished
sometimes with an earthernwars clasp
IN the shape of bell or flower Chill
dren played with him, became attached
to him, and the hero of one story, 10
whom his fates had predicted at his
birth that he would die of the bite of
dog, willingly confronted the threatened
danger rather than be separated from
the dog which he bad raised He, OF
course, had name, 10 which he an
swered; Si-togai, the son of the bat;
Akeni, the ferreter; Khaoubso the
lamp or star; Soubou, the strong, and
Nahsi, the black.
He is seen with kings as well as with
common persons Ramesis IL. during
the earlier years OF his reign, was al
ways escorted by a female dog, which
was called Anaitiennaktou, or brave as
the goddess Anaitis A petty king Of
The eleventh dynasty, about $500 p. G.,
oad FIVE dogs, which he SO loved that he
;arved their names and engraved their
portraits on his tomb. They were. n
iced, blooded animals whose names
revealed their foreign origin The
5nest o. them was called Abaikarou, q
faithful transcription Of the word Abai-
sour, by which the hunting dog IS desig- +
aated IN many OF the Berber districts
The shepherds had dogs of medium
DE. with pointed ears. ike those which /
yuard the hocks of Upper Egypt +.
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and short tails. and some dropping ears 4
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