COMMON CAT. 365 



Cat) ; slate-coloured with very long fur, especially 

 on the neck and tail (the Persian Cat) ; white, 

 with hair of a similar length (called the Angora 

 Cat); and, lastly, Math penciled or tufted ears, 

 like a Lynx, which sometimes, though rarely, takes 

 place. Of all the above varieties the Persian and 

 the Angora are the most remarkable : the latter 

 variety has sometimes one eye blue, the other yel- 

 low; a particularity which takes place in some 

 specimens of the common white Cat; it is also ob- 

 servable that the white variety of the Cat is some- 

 times perfectly deaf. 



To enlarge on the character and ^manners of 

 this useful and agreeable domestic would be en- 

 tirely superfluous. It may be sufficient to ob- 

 serve, that, when well educated, the Cat possesses 

 qualities which well entitle her to the regard and 

 protection of mankind ; and if she does not ex- 

 hibit the vivid and animated attachment of the 

 Dog, she is still of an affectionate and gentle dis- 

 position, and grateful to her benefactors. 



She has also the merit of perpetual cleanliness, 

 and does not soil even the nicest furniture ; while 

 her numerous and infinitely varying gesticulations 

 have an elegance and levity almost unequalled by 

 any other animal. 



A singular instance of attachment in the Cat, 

 is recorded in Mr. Pennant's Account of London. 

 Henry Wriothsly, Earl of Southampton, the friend 

 and companion of the Earl of Essex in his fatal 

 insurrection, having been confined some time in 



