144 THE TURNSPIT. 



partakes of the pointer and the hound. Its white coat is 

 besprinkled with numerous small black spots. 



This dog is common in England, but is kept merely as a good 

 travelling servant a sort of out-rider. His attendance upon 

 the carriage-horses during the journey, and his exulting con- 

 sciousness of dignity in preceding the equipage, as if to announce 

 its approach, seem to constitute the highest gratification of his 

 existence. 



THE TURNSPIT. (Canis vertagus, Linn. 5) 



and 

 THE PUG. (Le Doguin, Buff.) 



There are two breeds of the turnspit, the one having the fore- 

 legs straight, and the other with them crooked. Both are 

 long-backed, short-legged, strange looking animals, and are 

 now rarely kept except as curiosities. Formerly, however, the 

 turnspit had the honour of turning the roast-beef of Old England j 

 but since machinery has been substituted for his fore-paws, 

 Othello's occupation's gone. He's no longer 



-a dog that turns the spit, 



Bestirs himself, and plies his feet 



To climb the wheel ; but all in vain, 



His own weight brings him back again, 



And still he's in the self-same place 



Where, at his setting out, he was." (Hudibras.} 



The right-hancl figure in the above engraving represents the 

 pug, a common pet dog a few years ago, but now seldom seen. 



