2 COMMON BRITISH ANIMALS 



milk, and a warm soft bed, but become your devoted 

 friend and slave, as the dog loves to be, never! 



This is without doubt the general cat character, 

 though many of us who have had our favourite 

 cats could tell stories of them proving the personal 

 attachment of our pets. Nevertheless, the cat is at 



Fig. 1. — Cummon Tabby Cat, striped variety 

 life by H. C. Wood.) 



(Photo, from 



heart a Avild animal, an untamable savage, who lives 

 with us, now, for his own convenience, but will often 

 leavens and take. to the wild life of his ancestors in 

 the woods. Very savage and menacing pussy 

 becomes, reminding us very little of our friend curled 

 up on the hearthrug, as he sits on the branch of a 

 tree glaring at us with large yellow eyes and laid 

 ears, like the Cheshire Cat in ' Alice in Wonderland/ 



