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FATTENING WILD CATS. 



"THEIR EYES SHOT FORTH FLAME AND FIRE." 



while the wild cat is nourished by the result of the quarrels 

 of headstrong and deceitful persons ; so, when the Red- 

 skins would refer to the internal dissensions of a family 

 of their tribe, they say, in their semi-oriental language : 



** In the wigwam of X wild cats are fattened." 



In hunting the " tom-cats " of the American swamps, 



