ANECDOTES ABOUT CATS 281 



an amusing account of the vagaries of a cat with kittens 

 in a recent number : 



" I should like to explain an experience I had with a 

 Persian cat. Her first kittens were taken away as they 

 were no good ; the second time she had kittens we could 

 not trace them anywhere, so we watched her very carefully, 

 and at last we heard a noise like cats in the roof. We 

 then had the roof examined, and found six beautiful 

 kittens. She got to this place in a very remarkable way, 

 down a water-spout." 



In an article on clever cats and dogs in same paper 

 lately appeared the following : 



" My aunt had a cat which the servants conspired 

 to kill because they thought her a witch. On more than 

 one occasion she drew her mistress's attention to dishes, 

 which had been broken and hidden by the girls, by pulling 

 at her dress, running to the place and mewing. Once when 

 she had a great many kittens my aunt said to her, ' Annie, 

 you have too many kittens, you must give me one ' no 

 sooner said than done Annie trotted off, reappearing in a 

 few minutes with the strongest, which she laid at my aunt's 

 feet. ' There, now you've got it, keep it,' she said in cat 

 language, for she would have nothing more to do with it, 

 and when put beside her, took it in her mouth and laid it 

 again before my aunt. Accordingly it was brought up on 

 the bottle, and grew into a splendid fellow in course of 

 time." 



