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eyes. Other hues are red and gray, both light 

 and dark, and a rich smoke-color. 



The Angora cat of any variety is rare in 

 this country, and correspondingly choice and 

 costly. He is a personage of well-bred man- 

 ners and quiet ways ; his temper is good, and 

 he is docile and affectionate. In a word, he 

 exhibits the virtues and graces natural to the 

 cat family, having never been soured by abuse 

 or neglect, or made irritable by starvation. A 

 cat whose value is set among the thousands is 

 sufficiently precious to insure good treatment. 



One unfortunate passion he has, which he de- 

 lights to gratify, utterly oblivious of the price 

 set upon him by his human protectors. It is a 

 love of roaming, of solitary excursions, both 

 in the country, where he explores the woods 

 and fields and indulges his taste for hunting, 

 and in the city, where it becomes necessary to 

 watch him like a runaway child. So clever 

 is the cat in accomplishing his ends, and so 

 quick-witted to seize an opportunity, and so 

 lithe and supple his body, that he will slip out 

 beside a servant opening the door, or push a 

 window a little farther open, and make his 

 escape in silence and unobserved. Of course 



