fyce



"Fyce" is a misspelling of "Feist", also recorded as "Fice" in Abraham Lincoln's poem "[|The Bear Hunt]". The [|Feist] is "a type of small dog developed in the rural southern United States for hunting squirrels and other small game. Most Feists are only bred for their hunting ability and with no intention of turning them into show dog breed, so there is little or no consistency among Feists."

In //Go Down Moses,// Uncle Buck calls for a fyce in the story "Was" (14). The breed is also referenced in "The Bear" as the small dog that has enough courage to confront the fabled bear, although the dog is not big enough to have an effect (203).

–Zach Fruit