Dear All,
 
Some of you might remember the photo (courtesy of Eric Favre) I sent to N-L two years ago.
 
Could VN have seen the photo sometime before/while working on TT? The dog is not a spitz and it does not look so melancholic, though. ("The lady, when she voyaged herself, generally took with her a small animal, choosing from among those that were most melancholic" Ch. 25).
 
From Tom Bolt (Sent to N-L: Saturday, September 07, 2002):
 
"First Punic interpretation:

 If this spitz wakes up and begins to yap, does he become Amilcar
 barker?"
 
Best wishes,
Akiko
 
PS About Amilcar, see: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/amilcar/ .