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tliey were destroying us, our Avives, and 

 cliildren every day ? 



We tax the useful dog. Wliy cannot we 

 liave a cat tax ? It would do more to increase 

 tlie numbers of our birds than any law. Do 

 •cats give birds a close time from March to 

 August ? They render night hideous to man 

 in towns, and day and night terrible to birds in 

 the country. 



Our gardens and pleasure-grounds, which 

 might be paradise to our birds, are shunned on 

 account of their presence. What would the 

 Garden of Eden have been to Adam if there 

 were a couple of lions in it ? We may be sure 

 that after they were brought to him to name 

 they were taken outside again directly, and that 

 the gate was shut securely. Several gentlemen 

 mention cats to the Committee, and ]\ir. 

 Vivian, Mr. Champion Eussell, and Mr. Johns 

 all tell us the only way in which cats ought to 

 be kept in the summer. After April 1st their 

 cats are chained. A ring at the end of the 



