The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23
THE DOG IN OLD EGYPT.
hE WAS TREATED AS a HUMAN
BEING ARD FRIEND.
The f.iihf1i House Dog VA. shaved snd
ws.hsi sad Otherwise Treated
hSs a fsiiss being
rated W.th H.aas-

Ia fgyp, the dog was friend and
faithful servant lie lived in the
house with his master followed him
ia his Nalka attended tho public eeFs-
monies sometimes fFss a, other times
held ia leash by slave or child or in
prineely families BY iayorl,s dwarf
A. HE meals ha had his place marked
under iho benches 0t tho guests ss in
GHerus and Rome he ass ihero To
dispose OF bones the fragments o,
iHsa, an lhe piscss OF bread tina,
were ihroNn down and Ia general
say 10 keep tho dining room clean.
| These aeFs certainly not very refined
fashions and il our house dogs had TO
t.siy themselves In this way they
would be likely 10 die Of hunger.
The ancient. did not fool tho doll.
- gs4'rs hni disgIsis In such mat
/ irrs ihhi No oKpsFirue. lheiF life pro-
| sslieI excessive ralnumruts and rude
/ features II which 80 have no idea
side by eide, Tho house dog ia Egypt
uss domestic. working "a, HE trade
Only his trade gGs ono of those In
which 30 have ceased 10 employ him
i mas not have BEEN great thing
ti.si BIO has losL b,it :, Is Ia tho kileh.
Ga ug IA he k-nnrl that 10 finishes up
] his mas 90 r dessert,
The h,usr dog WAS shaved. combcJ
md washed h. Was sometimes tinted
plih hvaha a. II ho Wsro woman, he
u1su ino collars On hi, neck furnish.
81 s1E.,,imus with an -ar.hanNaru
clasp In the sharr Of bell or n1w"r.
Chiiirrn played with him. bccAms hi-
ischcd 10 him. aud tho harp Of Quo
.iDr.. "a whom his lAics hal predicted
a. hls birth ihnt ha would 10 by tho
ilts If q dog willingly confronted tho
threatened danger rather than b. sop.
Erairi irItl the dog which no had
raised ilo. II r1urso. had a lamo To
NEirh DO HasWrrrIs S..togAi. tho son
~ tho bat; kE-ui tho iorrr,-r;
hanpuhzoI tho lamp or star, SouD1l.
iac siruag and Nlhsl tho black.
10 i ssrn v.ih kings NJ soil a.
with common prrrous RHmcscs II.
during tho earlier year Of Ai. rrlsn.
SO. always escorted by 'cnA,r dog
which Ens called Authorization or
bray. ~ tho EDiirfi Auaiiis 4 petty
kiBs Of tho eleventh dynasty about
$500 H. e.. had nyo dogs which lao
- loved ikA, ha carved ihrlr names
mad engraved their portraits ON bis
tomb IA~y we're Iud-r bloodcI
animals whose name. revealed their
foreign origin. Tho nrc.t Of ,hcm
was called Ahaiknr1u faithful ,raE-
,crip,lon Of the word Hbnighrpu. by
which tho hunting dog l. Designated
81 many OF tho licrb,r dialects
Tho shepherds hal doss Of medium
.lsc. says La Nature. with pointed
ears Ike those which s,lll guard tho
rocks o! Upper Egypt llun',rs sought
ogt two or three KIND. o. hounds.
rome having straight car, and shor,
long tall. ike tho slougu!s OF tho mod
orn n.rbcr-. They nru TO DO seen la
many Of tho ,ombS springlng In pur-
suit oi gazcllcs md hn,olopc-. or run
ulug down tho hare or tho ostrich. A
few pugI heavy nnd gro,cSquo like
ours urr represented occasionally
rather o., house dogs than hunters.
Ito q animals wore In considerable
almbcr mud made the ancient
Egyptian villages "a, dangerous IA.
NIGHT n. modern villages nrc. An Of
firrr rclcgnt.i TO one Of tho Delta
hurrs fcw year, after tho death Of
Harnesses II. complained bitterly Of
their boldncss in letter addressed to
ono Of his chiefs
when. somo times, he says '1ho
people of tho country meet 10 drink
tilicign bccr and 20 out TO open tho
boiilos-,horc are 200 large mas,ifrs
and 500 woli-dogs waiting all day Mt
the door of my house every tlmo /
go out at night.nll 10 take part In the
feast ! am kept out II have not
with mo tho littlo woli-doE OF Nahi-
hou. the royal scribe. who lodges with
me. ilo saves me from tho other
dogs a, whatever tmo go no goes
with me on tho street; and when no
hirks run swinging my clubs and
whips 1t l.. in fact only pack OF
NANCY. high-tniicd wolf-dogs prowling
uroind tho cn'tlc-pcns. When they
have made thoir round. the largest
ones In front in n compact mess. ms II
In II bunch. one would say that it was
The cnchantmeut o. some god, flame
which had fixed itself and would not
let 90"
Rowing dogs are less numerous and
less ierocious now, but they become
at times terrible to strangers. II has
often happened to me, whom casually
passing through village of uprer
Egypt about midnight TO be rcmindcd.
when met them of the bulldog in
one OF Dickens novels n bitter Of man
md killer OF children for sport
which usually lived On tho right side
OF the street, but also hid itself on the
left side so as TO be ready to jump
upon the first pnssor-by."
AS it was under Tcwiik Pasha, so it
was in the time OF Ramcscs H., and
the experience OF the present day en-
ublos Us to understand exactly what
our scribe meant in the passage l
have just quoted.
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