RUSSIAN CATS. 



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been brown tabbies, with only one or two exceptions, and 

 these were both black. It is just possible these were the 

 offspring of tabby or gray parents, as the wild rabbit has 

 been known to have had black progeny. I have seen 

 a black rabbit shot from amongst the gray on the South 

 Downs. 



MISS MARY GRESHAM's PERSIAN KITTEN, " LAMBKIN." 



