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both feeding together frequently out of the 

 same dish. The hen used to try to induce 

 the kitten to eat meal like the chicks, calling 

 to it and depositing pieces under its nose in 

 the most amusing way ; finally doing all in 

 its power to induce the kitten to come, like 

 her chicks, under her wings. The result was 

 nothing but a series of squalls from the 

 kitten, which led to its being promoted from 

 the back to the front kitchen, where it was 

 reared until it was grown up. At this time a 

 young terrier was introduced into the circle, 

 and after many back-risings and bad language 

 on pussy's part, they settled down amicably 

 and romped about the floor in fine style. 

 Eventually the terrier became an inveterate 

 rabbit-poacher killing young rabbits and 

 bringing them home a proceeding to which 

 the cat gave an intelligent curiosity, then a 

 passive and purring approval, and finally her 

 own instincts having asserted themselves, 

 she went off with the dog, hunting in the 

 woods. Our own keeper reported them as 

 getting "simply owdacious," being found a 

 great distance from the house ; and keepers 



