Ogden Daily Standard | 1892-02-24 | Page 2 | Dogs of Ancient Egypt

iok dogs of ancient egypt in ancient eg egypt apt the shepherds had dogs of medium size with pointed ears cars like those which guard the flocks of upper egypt hunters sought out two or three kindi kinds of hounds some having straight ears and short tails and some drooping ears ear and a long tail like the sl oUi guis of the tile modern berbers they are to be seen in many of the tombs springing in pursuit of gazelles and antelopes or running down the hare and the ostrich A few pugs bugs heavy and grotesque like ours are represented occasionally rather as house dogs than hunters these animals were in considerable number and made the indent ancient egyptian villages os as dangerous at night na its modern villages are tire an officer relegated to one of these delta bergs a few years after the death of rameses 11 II complained bitterly of their boldness in a letter addressed to one of his chiefs nature