Punch’s dog Toby.
Sir Walter Scott’s dogs Maida, Camp, Hamlet.
Dog of the Seven Sleepers, Katmir.
The famous Mount St. Bernard dog, which saved forty human beings, was named Barry. His stuffed skin is preserved in the museum at Berne.
Sir Isaac Newton’s dog, who by overturning a candle destroyed much precious manuscript, was named Diamond.
The ancient Xantippus caused his dog to be interred on an eminence near the sea, which has ever since retained his name, Cynossema. There are even legends of nations that have had a dog for their king. It is said that barking is not a natural faculty, but is acquired through the dog’s desire to talk with man. In a state of nature, dogs simply whine and howl.
When Alexander encountered Diogĕnês the cynic, the young Macedonian king introduced himself with the words, “I am Alexander, surnamed ‘the Great.’” To which the philosopher replied, “And I am Diogĕnês, surnamed ‘the Dog.’” The Athenians raised to his memory a pillar of Parian marble, surmounted with a dog, and bearing the following inscription:
“Say, dog, what guard you in that tomb?”
A dog. “His name?” Diogĕnês. “From far?”
Sinopé. “He who made a tub his home?”