St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-09
THE DOG IN ANCIENT EGYPT.
He Was . Friend. . Faithful Servant, onl
Was Treated Like . Human Being.

He Was . Friend. . Faithful Servant. an
was Treated Like Human Being.
In Egypt the dog was . friend and
faithful servant He lived in the housl
with his master. followed him in hi.
walks, attended the public ceremonies
sometimes free. at other thimes held
in leash by q slave or child. or IN prince
~ families by q favorlte dwarf. At hi,
meals he had his place marked under
the benches of the guests; as in Greece
and Rome, he was there to dispose oi
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 very refined fashions,
and If our house-dogs had to satisfy
themselves in this way they would be
likely to die Of hunger. The ancienta
did not feel the delicate tastes and dis
gusts in such matters that we expert.
ence; their life presented excessive re-
finements 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 a great thing that he has lost, but
it is in the kitchen or his kennel that
he finishes up his masters dessert
The house dog was shaved. combed
and washed; he was sometimes tinted
with henna "a il he were . woman; he
wore fine collars on his neck. furnished
sometimes with an earthenware clasp
in the shape of . bell or q flower. Chill
drcn played with him, became attached
to him. and the hero Of one story. to
whom his fates had predicted 1t
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 had
raised. lie, of course, had . name. TO
Ghich IL answered: Si-.ogai, the son
Of the bat: Akeni, the ferreter;
KhaOubsou, the lamp or star; Soubou.
the strong. and Nahsi. the black.
He is seen with kings as well as with
common persons Rameses H.. during
the earlier years Of his reign, was al
ways escorted BY . female dog which
was called Authorization. or brave as
the goddess AnaitiA A petty king Of
the eleventh dynasty. about $500 b. c..
had five dogs, which he 50 loved that he
carved their names and engraved their
portraits on his tomb. They were, In
deed blooded animals. Whose name.
revealed their foreign origin. The finest
Of them was called Abaikarou, . faith
ful transcription Of the word abaikour.
by which the hunting-dog il designated
in many Of the Berber dialects.
The shepherds had dogs Of medium
aise with pointed ears, like those which
still guard the Aocks Of upper Egypt
Hunters sought out two or three kinds
Of hounds. some having straight ears
ana short tails, and some dropping ears
aud = long tail, like the slouguis Of the
moaern BerberA They are TO be seen
In many Of the tombs. sprinGing in pur-
suit Of gasslles and antelopes. or ru1.
ming down the hare and the ostrich. A
nv pugA heavy and grotesque like
crA are represented oeeasiooally,
ra,h<s - hoase dogs thsn - hunterA
II csc animals were In Considerable
D. nl<r. and made the ancient Egyp.
eii villages ~ dangeroas at night -
p, desn villages ore. An .omcer Ssle-
3 ed 70 one of the Delta barYs . few
= - sftes the dsaah Of Rameees II.
= ,Pla1ned bit4ssly IN thsie bel1neeD =
, ttes eddvoned1o 90 a his Ghiole
q whaA oonotiDos, ~ saSa -
= ~ = - eoontz1 eat - Z
e ,ies 49, 81 - TO-