THE LONG-HAIRED CAT 135 



Black, and I have always been a great admirer of good 

 specimens of the colour, which often attain large dimen- 

 sions, and may be described as handsome, as opposed to 

 prettiness in some others. 



The head should be in shape and character much the 

 same as in the White, with a dark instead of flesh-coloured 

 nose, and the cheeks well clothed with longish hair. 



The ears almost hidden in the hair round them, lined 

 and tipped with soft hair as in last named. 



The eyes very large, round and full, and the shade 

 of orange associated with the yolk of an egg ; this I look 

 upon as a very important point, in which a great many 

 otherwise good cats fail. 



The shoulders and chest should be well covered with 

 long straight hair, forming mane and frill. 



The legs and feet not long enough to make the 

 animal look leggy, or lanky, and fairly strong in bone in 

 large specimens. 



The coat should be dense in character and profuse in 

 quantity. 



The brush and hind quarters both with abundance 

 of long hair on them, the former carried gracefully below 

 the line of the back. 



Condition, should be well rounded in shape of body, 

 without being loaded with fat, and general appearance of 

 dignity and grandeur. 



In size, as far as my experience goes, and 1 have had 

 a good many of this colour, of both sexes, the males are 

 usually much larger than the females. I think the best of the 

 former should be up to thirteen or fourteen pounds, in good 



