BOGS. 23 



FANCY AND LAP DOGS. 



BUT a few years since, the breed of lap-dogs fur- 

 nished but little variety, being almost limited to the 

 French poodle, or Lion-dog, the Pug-dog, and 

 the pretty little variety of the Spaniel, known as 

 King Charles's dog; now, however, that of late years 

 more attention has been paid to the breeding and 

 rearing of fancy dogs, a much greater variety has 

 been produced: some of these are remarkable for 

 beauty of shape and regularity of the spots by which 

 they are marked; others are noted for diminutive- 

 ness of size; and some others for playfulness and 

 vivacity. As our work is intended to give a general 

 notice of the dog tribe, we cannot, therefore, pass 

 over the Fancy and Lap-dogs. 



The SPANIEL kind seem to have been the stock or 

 source whence the greater proportion of the fancy 

 dogs have been produced: the KING CHARLES'S DOG 

 is one of the prettiest and liveliest of those: it is, 

 indeed, an elegant little pet dog, and obtained its 

 appellation from the circumstance that the witty and 

 merry monarch, Charles II. was usually accompanied 

 in his walks by several of these little favourite ani- 

 mals. It is well known in this country, and is much 

 prized as a pretty agreeable pet companion: its head 

 is small and rounded, with the snout short, and 

 the tail curved back: its ears are long, hair curled, 

 and feet webbed; from which circumstance it swims 

 with celerity and eagerly pursues water-fowl. 



THE FRENCH POODLE, or Lion-dog, is another of 

 the pet tribe: it is usually of a white colour, and 



