DOMESTIC CATS. 167 
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 bya 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 brought and laid at her mistress’s feet. She has been 
