ANGORA CATS, 



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THE ANGORA. 



The Angora cat, as its name indicates, comes from 

 Angora, in Western Asia, a province that is also celebrated 

 for its goats with long hair, which is of extremely fine quality. 

 It is said that this deteriorates when the animal leaves that 

 locality. This may be so, but that I have no means of 

 proving ; yet, if so, do the Angora cats also deteriorate in 

 the silky qualities of their fur? Or does it get shorter? 

 Certain it is that many of the imported cats have finer and 

 longer hair than those bred in this country ; but when are 

 the latter true bred? Even some a little cross-bred 

 will often have long hair, but not of the texture as regards 

 length and silkiness which is to be noted in the pure breed. 

 The Angora cats, I am told, are great favourites with the 

 Turks and Armenians, and the best are of high value, a pure 



