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Their fur was formerly used for the linings of 

 robes ; but it does not appear to have ever been 

 held in much estimation. 



The Wild Cat is called, in Wales, cath-goed: in 

 France, chat sauvage, or chat haret : in Italy, gatto 

 silvatico : in Spain, gato monies: in Germany, wild 

 katze, bourn ritter : in Denmark, vild kat: in Po- 

 land, kot dziki, zbik : in Russia, stepnaja koschka. 



THE DOMESTIC CAT *. 



IN the writings of Aristotle, the Cat is not once 

 spoken of as a domestic animal ; and from this 

 circumstance, some persons have inferred that, in 

 his time, it was not (as far as he knew) admitted, 

 in any part of the world, an inhabitant of the 

 house. The silence, however, of this naturalist, 



two inches ; and the tail is ten inches long. Its height is about fifteen 

 inches. The fur is of a brown grey colour, somewhat resembling that 

 of a Hare. A kind of black band runs along the back. The tail is 

 very full of hair, and has some black annular marks. 



Buff on par Sonnini,xxiv. p. 19, Note. 



* Felis catus domesticus. Linntzus. Le Chat domestique. Bvffon. 

 See the Synopsis y p. 25, No. 11, VAR. 2. 



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