420 THE JAVA CAT. 



When I placed this animal in my cabin it 

 remained very quiet, not making so much noise 

 as the last ; but, a few days after, it became 

 so very vicious, not suffering any one to ap- 

 proach or touch it, without spitting, growling, 

 and fighting so furiously, that I at last was 

 obliged to destroy it, preserving the skin in a 

 dried state for stuffing, and the body in spirits for 

 a future dissection. 



