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performance mentioned he had observed a cat seated on a 

 table make several efforts to put her head into a long 

 narrow vessel containing milk. Finding the aperture too 

 small to admit her head, she reconsidered the situation, 

 and at last dipped one of her fore paws into the 

 milk, licked it carefully with her tongue, and con- 

 tinued to help herself in this way till her appetite was 

 satisfied. 



I remember when I was in lodgings in London, my 

 landlady, who was an inveterate cat lover, had a large red 

 tabby long hair with several accomplishments, such as 

 jumping through her hands, sitting up like a dog, "walk- 

 ing like a gentleman," which consisted in strutting along 

 on the tips of his toes in a sort of mincing gait, with his 

 large tail held straight up in the air. 



As a reward for this he was always given some milk 

 in a little jug, and he used to drink it in the way men- 

 tioned above, by dipping in one fore paw after the other, 

 and then licking them dry. 



I read an account in the Monthly Magazine of a cat 

 that was the means of identifying murderers : 



"A physician of Lyons, France, was requested to 

 inquire into the circumstances of a supposed murder, that 

 had been committed, of a woman in that city. 



"In consequence of that request, he went to the house 

 of the deceased, where he found her extended, lifeless, on 

 the floor, weltering in her blood. 



" A large white cat was seated on the cornice of a cup- 

 board, at the far end of the apartment, where it seemed to 

 have taken refuge. 



