146 DESCRIPTION DUCHESS OP YORK'S FANNY. 



The chief external distinctions of the Pug- Dog- are, a yellow colour, of various 

 shades, small or moderate size, round and fixed shape, full breast, short neck and 

 legs, curled tail, round prominent eye-balls, bluff head, black muzzle, lightly pen- 

 dulous ears, prominent inferior jaw, or underhung, and a grave, often a savage 

 countenance. The comforter, or lap-dog pug, is sometimes among the smallest of the 

 canine race : the internal properties of the Pug are, courage, not unfrequently at- 

 tended with a savage snappishness, which, however, have not precluded him from 

 the fortunate lot of being the ladies' favourite, and the family pet, his chief use in 

 society. With our own representation of the Pug, we also embrace the opportunity 

 of referring the reader to another beautiful and natural drawing of the pug-head, 

 in the Sporting- Magazine, for April 1818: jvhere will also be found, a tribute to 

 the memory of FANNY, a favourite female pug, late the property of Her Royal 

 Highness the Duchess of York, and some time previously, entombed in the Canine 

 Burial-Ground, at Oatlands. The following Epitaph upon this favourite, is from 

 the pen of Mr. Upton : 



Reader, trtad lightly o'er this mound of earth, 



Nor give, while here, too loose a rein to mirth. 



Beneath this grass, the once gay Fanny lies ; 



Her breath now stopp'd ; for ever closed her eyes. 



"Pis strange, perhaps, yet not more strange than true, 



Fanny was lov'd by man and woman too ! 



Nay, even babes would leave their mother's arms, 



To hug, embrace, and gaze on Fanny's charms ! 



Yet Fan had faults, and faults, as will appear, 



She never gave to misery a tear ; 



Misfortunes, sorrows, or the prisoner's groan, 



Ne'er drew a sigh, nor touch'd her heart of stone ! 



Yet was her nature soft, as soft can be, 



No mortal breath'd more innocent than she. 



Her harmless tongue ne'er utter'd slander's sting ; 



The gentle Fanny hurt no living thing : 



Courteous, well bred, engaging, and polite ; 



The same kind creature morning, noon, and night : 



Not that she did so, by religion taught, 



Fanny ne'er gave religion e'en a thought. 



As nature prompted, she obey'd her will 



From first to last, the gentle Fanny still ! 



Alike the favourite of both poor and rich, 



She liv'd and died, a little little bitch. 



From the same source of Sporting amusement, we draw the following Lecture 

 on Heads, an elegant, classical, and scientific comparison bet ween the heads of the 

 Fox and the Pug Dog, written, as we have reason to conjecture, by a learned 

 Frenchman, who in the course of many years sojournment in this Country, has 

 attained an eminent proficiency and skill in the English language. 



