Ayesha Chapter 8 - The Death-Hounds

In which the narrator and his foster-son, reunited after trials and tended by the mysterious Khania, journey through the peaceful and bountiful country of Kaloon toward a city beneath a foreboding volcanic mountain, while musing on ancient legacies and stirred by tales of spirits and old gods. Their progress is darkened by a fearful spectacle—a frenzied hunt by a mad Khan and his savage death-hounds who mete out a grim justice upon a desperate pursuer, a grim reminder of the harsh rule that shadows this strange land.