DOGS OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12494, 22 March 1909, Page 1

DOGS OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

Much has been written of the dogs of Constantinople, but nothing so astonishing as some observations by Mr H. C. Woods in his book of travel, "Washed by Four Seas;"

"A well-known man in PeraV (he writes) "told me be had been escorted home from dinner by. dogs. Tho king of each pack in turn accompanied him through his domain, and handed .him over to his neighbor at his boundary, as of course to pass his defined limit was forbidden to any chieftain, however strong.". Pet dogs are looked- askance at by the street dogs. "A dog living in Constantinople .may, however, walk out alone in his -own street. after ho once becomes known, and may even leave his street unmolested to proceed to some other particular destination when accompanied by his master, provided he is known to be a constant passenger on this particular route."