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 iv* s. ii. SEPT. 17, low.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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Yap. Gay, 4 Fables,' ii. 6.

In Ov., 4 Met.,' iii. 206-33, are given thirty- five names of Action's hounds, all obviously descriptive ; they include Lselaps and Theron.

Finally, let the shade of Plato do some penance for not telling us the name of Ctesippus's dog (Plat., * Euthydemus,' m. p. 298), that " rascal sire of rascal puppies."

H. K. ST J. S.

Budget. The late Lord Ly tton's dog called so when the Budget caine out. Kerstie. One of Miss lihoda Broughton's

The following were all favourites of Charles Dickens :

Timber Doodle. A small Havana spaniel given to him on his first visit to America. Don. A Newfoundland. Sultan. An Irish bloodhound. Turk. A beautiful mastiff. Linda. A St. Bernard. Mrs. Bouncer. A white Pomeranian belong- ing to Miss Dickens.

When Sidtan. Turk, and Linda fleet The lost lov'd Master rushed to meet, His kindly voice would always greet The little Spitz !

Alas ! so furry, warm and white,

From this cold world she took her flight ;

No more on rug, by fireside bright,

Dear Bouncer sits.

Percy Fitzgerald. To which may be added :

Nerina. The pet dog of George Sand's mother.

Tristan. Son of Nerina, the pet of Maurice Dupin, father of George Sand. The dog was given this name after the son of St. Louis, who was born when his father was in captivity, Maurice Dupin himself being a prisoner in 1794, when his dog was born.

CONSTANCE RUSSELL.

The following extract is, I think, interest- ing, especially in that it has two early examples of almost the name " Mopsey," which appears ante, p. 102 :

IN JEDIBUS CL. IVSTI LlPSl

vides depictos tres Canes cum

hac inscriptione.

Saphyrus catellus, gente Batanus,* corpore albet, capite auribusque purpurat, discrimine tamen albo asummoeo, inter aures, cuneatim ad os descendente. Senecio nunc est, & tredecennis : cum in flore, pulcherrimus & lepedissimus catulorum. Gemma dedit nomen, sum ver6 gemma catellu',

Quotquot terra habuit Belgica, habebit, habet. Tale decus vultus, talis venus. adde lepores

Ingenii, humanum qui sapiant Genium. Et san6 est aliquid mi hominis. vis argumentum?

Vina bibo, et vino nata me habet podogra.

epitaph.
 * Apparently a misprint for " Batavus " ; see the

MOPSVLVS catulus, domo Antuerpia, donum k CL. v. Arnoldo Borcoutio, amico veteri & I. c. is corpore albet, capite, auribus, atque altero oculo sufflauis. Rostrum e rubro albicat, breue & obtu- sum, & nare prorsus repanda. Crassulus, argutus, mordax est, ;etate bimus. MOPSVLVS ast ego sum, domini conuiua ? quid vltra?

En etiam lectum participo domini. Estne aliud ? domini dominus, si dicere fas est :

Vsque adeo formse huic iungitur improbitas Sed formse, quae rara cluet. si examine iusto

Pendor, quod nee ames est mihi, plus quod ames.

MOPSVS canis, gente Scot/us. colore crasso spadiceo ; sed circa oras aurium, fa in ipso ore,, dilutius flauo. super oculum vtrumque orbiculi sequales duo, itidem flaui. Idem color in pedibus interioribus, intra femora, sub cauda & in ano. At pectus latum honestum, Pantherina prorsus- specie, album & maculis spadiceis sparsum. Tales ipsissimi pedes. Annum agit tertium ad inuidiam pulcher.

MOPSVS ego, forma qui vinco ssecla canina ;

Quod nolim in magno corpore nil habeo. Quodque velim, dominu', doinina', ancillamque vole'tes

Conciliet probitas simplicitasque mihi. Ille canis redeat, meruit qui caelica templa:

Si certet, terra hunc, me sibi cselum habeat.

Tumulus SAPHYRI catelli.

HECAT^E SACK.

SAPHYRVS DOMO BATAVVS

DELICIVM LlPSl, DECVS CANVM,

INGENIO. LEPORE, FORMA.

H.S.E.

TRISTI FATO EREPTVS,

ET FERVKNTIBVS AQVIS MERSVS,

CVM VIXISSET LVSTRA PLVS TRIA.

O HERI DOLOR !

TVVM, LECTOR, ADDE,

QVISQVIS LlPSIVM AMAS, IMO

QVISQVIS ELEGANTIAM AUT LEPOREM

AMAS,

QVORVM ISTE THESAVRVS ERAT. ABI, FLORES SPARGE,

SI NON LACRVMAS.

PLANGEBAT ET PANGEBAT,

I. LlPSIVS OLIM, 1IEV, DOMINVS,

V. KAL. SEPTEMBR. M.IJCI.

"Monumenta Sepulcralia et Inscriptiones Publics?

Privataeq. Ducatus Brabantife, Franciscus Sweer-

tius F. posteritati collegit." Antverpina, 1613,

p. *255 et seq.

The above appears amongst the * Lovanien- sia.'

Presumably the owner of the three dogs- was the Justus Lipsius, who died at Louvain in 1606, aged fifty-eight. His epitaphs are- given ibid. t p. 244. ROBERT PIERPOINT.

A race of Yorkshire broken-haired terriers are all called either Haydn or Handel. A customary name for these pretty little dogs is Daddies. One belonging to the late Frank Marshall was called Sir Daddies Daddies.

H. T.

Surely Chang, George du Maurier's fine- dog, immortalized in Punch, merits a place