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We must place Henri Lhote alongside Eugène Daumas as an equal. His observations on
hunting in the pre-industrial period among the Touarag are irreplaceable and a document
of the changes in the relationship with nature after the introduction of firearms, etc.

H. Parker, A. Bergström and P. Skoglund and their colleagues prove with their genetic
studies what Buffon and Clutton-Brock already suspected, a proto-dog that even seems
to be the ancestor of our grey wolf.

Jutta Rübesam is always awake and attentive when it comes to sighthounds among the
peoples of Asia. There are always interesting contributions from her and a lot of picture
material concerning the conditions in the countries of origin.

A. Boldareff tells us about the Borzoi and its origin as a landrace. He also criticises the
race breeding of the English, who neglect the different landraces in order to favour only
one type, one does not know why. In any case, the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich was
certainly not concerned with purebredness.

Raphael Joorde sheds light on the situation of the Berber peoples in relation to the
Romans. This important contribution tells us about sedentary, nomadic and rebellious

peoples, so basically not so much different from what Daumas and Lhote may still have
experienced.

Kurt Kotrschal is a wolf researcher near Vienna and points out in his book that dogs and
humans have a social community and have done so for a long time. This contribution is
essential for this article.

Finally, I would like to thank M.-Dominique Crapon de Caprona for again agreeing to
publish these sometimes very far-reaching thoughts, which do not always seem to relate
directly to the Sloughi, in her wonderful magazine on Sloughis, thus enabling a basis for
new ways of understanding and future breeding of our beloved Sloughis!
Nancy Lovelady and Caroline Mathews give her all the support they can.