82 C A T. Class L 



of robes •, but it was erteemcd not of the moO: lux- 

 urious kind ; for it was ordained ' that no abbefs 

 ' or nun fhould ufc more coftly apparel than fuch 

 *■ as is made of lambs or cats fkins *.' In much 

 earlier times it was alfo the objedt of the fportf- 

 man's divernon. 



P'elemque minacem 



Arboris in trunco longis prasfigere telis. 



Nemefiani Cynegeticon^ ^'55* 



Domestic. Fells domeftica feu catus.i?^// De Buffony Tom. vi. 3. Tab. 2. 



Jyn. quad. 170. Felis catus, Lin.JyJi. 62. 



Charlton ex. 20. Felis cauda elongata, auribus 

 Meyer* s an. "i. Tab. 15. asqualibus. Faun. Suec. 9. 



Gefner quad. 317. Br. Zool. 21. Syn. quad. No. 

 BriJ/bn quad. 191. 133. 



Brit. Cath, maf. Gwr Gath Germ. Katz 



Fren.- Le Chat Dut. CyperfeKat.Huyskat. 



Ital. Gatto S-xved. Katta 



Span. Gato Dan. Kat. 



Port. Gato 



THIS animal is fo well known as to make a 

 defcripyon of it unnecelTary. It is an ufeful, 

 but deceitful domeftic ; adlive, neat, fedate, intent 

 on its prey. When pieafed purres and moves its 

 tail : when angry fpits, hifies, and ilrikes with its 

 foot. When walking, it draws in its claws: it 



* Archbp. lVillia7n CorboyVs canons, A. D. 11 27. quoted 

 by Mr. T. Ro^iv in Gent. Mag. Jpril 1774. 



drinks 



