| Show geoit GEORGIAN t 1 I SHEPHERDS S 11 E pil ril ERDS and ANO A ard id THEIR thern EI R ille itle the llie differenced between the european and the asiatic shepherd have often beben remarked by oriental travelers but probably in no country are these more striking than as hey they presented themselves to N haxthausen whose whose travels were recently published on his road back to tiflis not only were tile he shepherds of several flocks he fie passed armed to the teeth and on horseback but even their dogs disdained disdain ed the office which lu iu inore more peaceful noun roun countries tries belongs to them of driving the file nock hock five or fix noble hounds h s of a mixed breed between the greyhound a and ad the wolf accompanied each flock but only for the file purpose of protecting them against wild beasts tile tiie humbler duties which fali fall to tile tiie lot of our sheep dogs are performed by goats goals these attend every flock of sheep and form a ring around it in fit the fields within this they compel the h sheep lle ile p to remain butting at them whenever they hey r tray stray and driving them back to their proper quarters on their return home homo a stately buck goat march marches e a proudly proudly at the tha head of the flock which follows him lm with the other oilier goats on either cither side if the leader is detained lehing from any cause tile next goat in age and rank instantly takes hia place and becomes the leader ex |
