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when she saw him prepare his razor. Such attachments 

 have been known to continue after death; and cats 

 have died of grief on their master's grave. 



I have already noticed a great friendship between a 

 pug-dog and a cat ; and the following proof of a similar 

 strength of love is taken from the pages of M. Wenzel 

 in his Observations on the Language of Brutes : ' I had 

 a cat and a dog, which became so attached to each 

 other that they would never willingly be asunder. 

 Whenever the dog got any choice morsel of food, he 

 was sure to divide it with his whiskered friend. They 

 always ate socially out of one plate, slept in the same 

 bed, and daily walked out together. Wishing to put this 

 apparently sincere friendship to the proof, I one day 

 took the cat by herself into my room, while I had the 

 dog kept in another apartment. I entertained the cat 

 in a most sumptuous manner, being desirous to see 

 what sort of meal she would make without her friend, 

 who had been hitherto her constant table companion. 

 The cat enjoyed the treat, and seemed entirely to have 

 forgotten the dog. I had had a partridge for dinner, 

 half of which I intended to keep for supper. My wife 

 covered it with a plate, and put it into a cupboard, the 

 door of which she did not lock. The cat left the room, 

 and I walked out on business ; my wife meanwhile sat 

 at work in an adjoining apartment. When I returned 

 home she related to me the following circumstances : 

 The cat having hastily left the dining-room, went to the 

 dog and mewed unusually loudly and in different tones, 

 which the dog from time to time answered with a short 

 bark. They went together to the door of the room where 

 the cat had dined, and waited till it was opened. The 

 two friends then immediately entered the apartment. 



