DOG 
 
 
had a dog which was generally suspected 
of being a spirit incarnate. 
  Arthur's Dog " Cavall." 
  Dog of Belgrade, the camp suttler, was 
named "Clumsey." 
  Lord Byron's Dog, "Boatswain." It was 
buried in the garden of Newstead Abbey. 
  Dog of Catherine de ]Iedicis, " Phoeb6," 
a lap dog. 
  Cuthullin's Dog was named "Luath," a 
swift-footed hound. 
  Dora's Dog, "Jip."-C. Dickens, David 
Copperfield. 
  Douglas's Dog, "Luffra." Lady of the 
Lake. 
  ErigonE's Dog was "Mcera." Erigone is 
the constellation Virqo, and Mcera the star 
called Canis. 
  Eurytion's Dog (herdsman of Geryon), 
"Orthros." It had two heads. 
  Fin gal's Dog was named "Bran." 
  Geryon's Dogs. One was "Gargittos" 
and the other "Orthros." The latter was 
brother of Cerb~ros, but it had only two 
heads. Hercules killed both of Geryon's 
dogs. 
  Landseer's Dog, "Brutus," introduced by 
the great animal painter in his picture 
called "The Invader of the Larder." 
  Llewellyn's Dog was named "Gelert ;" it 
was a greyhound. (See GELERT). 
  Lord Lurgan's Dog was named, "Master 
M'Grath," from an orphan boy who reared 
it. This dog won three Waterloo cups, 
and was presented at court by the express 
desire of Queen Victoria, the very year it 
died. It was a sporting grey-hound (born 
1866, died Christmas Day, 1871). 
  Maria's Dog, " Silvio."-Sterne, Senti- 
mental Journey. 
  Dog of M41ontargis. This was a dog 
named " Dragon," belonging to Aubri de 
Montdidier, a captain in the French army. 
Aubri was murdered in the forest of Bondy 
 
 
by his friend, Lieutenant Macaire, in the 
same regiment. After its master's death 
the dog showed such a strange aversion 
to Macaire, that suspicion was aroused 
against him. Some say he was pitted 
against the dog, and confessed the crime. 
Others say a sash was found on him, and 
the sword knot was recognized by Ursula 
as her own work and gift to Aubri. This 
Macaire then confessed the crime, and his 
accomplice, Lieutenant Landry, trying to 
escape, was seized by the dog and bitten to 
death. This story has been dramatized 
both in French and English. 
  Orion's Dogs; one was named "Arc- 
toph'onos" and the other "Pto-ophagos." 
  Punch's Dog, "Toby." 
  Sir W. Scott's Dogs. His deer-hound 
was "Maida."    His jet-black greyhound 
was " Hamlet." He had also two Dandy 
Dinmont terriers. 
  Dog of the seven Sleepers, "Katmir." It 
spoke with a human voice. 
  In Sleary's circus, the performing dog 
is called" Merryleys."--C. Dickens, Hard 
Times. 
  (For Actaeon's fifty dogs, see Dictionary 
of Phrase and Fable, 234). 
  Dog. The famous Mount St. Bernard 
dog which saved forty human beings, was 
named "Barry." The stuffed skin of this 
noble creature is preserved in the museum 
at Berne. 
  Do'q (The), Diogenes the cynic (B. C. 
412-323). When Alexander encountered 
him, the young Macedonian king intro- 
duced himself with the words, "I am 
Alexander, surnamed 'the Great.'"   To 
which the philosopher replied, "And I am 
Diogenes, surnamed ' the Dog."'    The 
Athenians raised to his memory a pillar 
of Parian marble, surmounted with a dog, 
and bearing the following inscription:- 
 
 
DOG 
 
 
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