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RUSSIAN CATS. 



THE RUSSIAN LONG-HAIRED CAT. 



The above is a portrait of a cat given me many years ago, 

 whose parents came from Russia, but from what part I could 

 never ascertain. It differed from the Angora and the Per- 

 sian in many respects. It was larger in the body with shorter 

 legs. The mane or frill was very large, long, and dense, 

 and more of a woolly texture, with coarse hairs among it ; 

 the colour was of dark tabby, though the markings were not 

 a decided black, nor clear and distinct ; the ground colour 



