BLUE CATS. 



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Being so beautiful, and as it is possible in some places 

 abroad it may be bred in numbers, I deemed it advisable, 

 when making out the prize schedule, to give special prizes 

 for this colour; the fur being used for various purposes 

 on account of its hue. A fine specimen should be even 

 in colour, of a bluish-lilac tint, with no sootiness or black, 

 and though light be firm and rich in tone, the nose and pads 

 dark, and the eyes orange-yellow. If of a very light blue- 

 gray, the nose and pads may be of a deep chocolate colour 

 and the eyes deep yellow, not green. If it is a foreign 

 variety, I can only say that I see no distinction in form, 

 temper, or habit; and, as I have before mentioned, it is 

 sometimes bred here in England from cats bearing no 

 resemblance to the bluish-lilac colour, nor of foreign ex- 

 traction or pedigree. I feel bound, however, to admit that 

 those that came from Archangel were of a deeper, purer 

 tint than the Enghsh cross-breeds ; and on reference to my 

 notes, I find they had larger ears and eyes, and were larger 

 and longer in the head. 



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