. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. ORIENTAL GREYHOUNDS. 477 are endowed with sagacity and great powers of endurance. So fully qualified for their work, no wonder they are preserved with so much care, and the Arabs may well say of them as of their treasured horses, "Are not these the inheritance of our fathers, and shall not we to our sons bequeath them ? " The natives give great attention to the rearing of their Slughi. They bring the
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. ORIENTAL GREYHOUNDS. 477 are endowed with sagacity and great powers of endurance. So fully qualified for their work, no wonder they are preserved with so much care, and the Arabs may well say of them as of their treasured horses, "Are not these the inheritance of our fathers, and shall not we to our sons bequeath them ? " The natives give great attention to the rearing of their Slughi. They bring them up for a year on sheep's milk, which is said to make them strong, and especially swift. When they are old enough they are fed with the hawks. When quite young they are taught to bring back to their master bones and desert rats which have been thrown for them to retrieve. The children assist, at their early education. At about six months old the puppies are taken out to hunt rats and jerboa, and are subsequently taught to course hares, and finally gazelle. They are occasionally trained only by accom- panying a well-trained dog. At two years old they should be fully qualified for sport. They are kept in lean condition to make them keen. The scattered tribe of the Soleyb, the great hunters of the desert, in parts of Syria and Mesopotamia, are especially famed as breeders of the Slughi. A Soleyb will occasion- ally do a little dog deal- ing, and will go far across the desert to complete a bargain. As a rule, however, the Slughi is presented as a gift by one chief to another, or as a mark of esteem to travellers, the owners refusing money for them, so tenacious are they of their valuable dogs. The Slughi used to be imported from Koweit, with horses, by sea to India; but this commerce has ceased with the decline of the horse trade. The history of the Slughi must be drawn from many sources. A few scattered refer- ences from some of these will give an outline of its story. A glance a
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