DOEG, Saul’s herdsman, who told him that the priest Abim’elech. had supplied David with food; whereupon the king sent him to kill Abimelech, and Doeg slew priests to the number of four score and five (1 Samuel xxii. 18).  In pt. ii. of the satire called Absalom and Achitophel, Elkaneh Settle is called Doeg, because he “fell upon” Dryden with his pen, but was only a “herdsman or driver of asses.”

  Doeg, tho’ without knowing how or why,
  Made still a blundering kind of melody. 
  Let him rail on ... 
  But if he jumbles to one line of sense,
  Indict him of a capital offense.

Tate, Absalom and Achitophel, ii. (1682).

DOG (Agrippa’s). Cornelius Agrippa 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 Medicis, “Phoebe,” 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 “Moera.”  Erigone is the constellation Virgo, and Moera the star called Canis.

Eurytion’s Dog (herdsman of Geryon), “Orthros.”  It had two heads.

Fingal’s Dog was named “Bran.”

Geryon’s Dogs.  One was “Gargittos” and the other “Orthros.”  The latter was brother of Cerberos, 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, Sentimental Journey.

Dog of Montargis.  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.