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a half feet deep, running strong. The other, called Thomas 

 River, was wider and more rapid, but less deep. Over these 

 rivers there are no bridges. The Cat, when it arrived, was 

 shut up for some days, and when supposed to be reconciled to 

 her new dwelling, she was allowed to go about the house. 

 The next day, however, she was missing, and was found 

 shortly afterwards at her old abode. 



"A family residing at Newcastle-on-Tyne went one summer 

 to Tynemouth, leaving their house in the care of two female 

 servants. One evening, when the servants were sitting to- 

 gether in the kitchen, their attention was attracted by a Cat, 

 which went up into a laundry over the kitchen, and then 

 returned to them and mewed. The Cat did this so often that 

 the servants were induced to go upstairs to see what she 

 wanted. When they got into the laundry, they found a man 

 concealed in the chimney. 



" A favourite Cat, much petted by her mistress, was one 

 day struck by a servant. She resented the injury so much, 

 that she refused to eat anything given her by him. Day after 

 day he handed her dinner to her, but she sat in sulky in- 

 dignation, though she eagerly ate the food as soon as it was 

 offered her by another individual. Her resentment continued 

 undiminished for upwards of six weeks. The same Cat, having 

 been offended by the housemaid, watched for three days, until 

 she found an opportunity for retaliation. The housemaid was on 

 her knees, washing the passage, when the Cat flew at her, and 

 left indubitable proofs on her arms that no one could ill-use 

 her with impunity. It is, however, but fair to record the good 

 qualities of this Cat as well as her bad ones. If her resent- 

 ment was strong, her attachment was equally so, and she took 

 a singular mode of showing it. All the tit-bits she could steal 

 from the pantry, and all the Mice she could catch, she in- 

 variably b r ought and laid at her mistress's feet. She has been 



