E T us see 

 though, before 

 we try our anec- 

 dotes, what is 

 known of the Cat's pecu- 

 liarities. I rather hke 

 this quaint description of the domestic Pussy, which 

 occurs in an old heraldic book, John Bossewell's 

 " Workes of Armor ie',' published in 1 59/ : — 



*' The field is of the Saphire, on a chief Pearle, a 

 Masion Cruieves, This beaste is called a ' Masion,' 

 for that he is enimie to Myse and Rattes. He is 



