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claims the fellowship of the creature, if not of the 

 soul !" 



Poor Pussy ! on the whole she has had but few 

 champions in comparison to the number of her foes. 

 Let us see what anecdotes we can find which will 

 show her in a favourable light ; but my chapter is 

 long enough, and I will conclude it with the epitaph 

 placed over a favourite French Puss : — 



** Ci repose pauvre Mouton, 

 Qui jamais ne fut glouton ; 

 J'espere bien que le roi Pluton, 

 Lui donnera bon gite et crouton." 



