THE ANGOLA CAT. 



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A family resided for some time on the southern side of Cuddie Bridge, and had in 

 their house a favorite Cat. Previous to the term of Michaelmas, 1852, the family 

 changed their residence, and took a house on the opposite side of Eddlestone Water, 

 leaving behind them the Cat, which refused to stir from her accustomed haunts. Pussy, 

 however, took a dislike to the new inhabitants of the house, and finding her way across 

 the bowling-green, entered into possession of the mill, where she doubtless found plenty 

 of game. Here she remained for some eighteen months in spite of several attempts made 

 by her former owner to recover his lost favorite. Several times she had been captured 



MANX CAT. 



ANGOLA CAT. 



and brought to his house, and on one occasion a kitten was retained as a hostage. But 

 every endeavor was vain, and leaving her offspring in the hand of her detainers, and 

 resisting all temptations, she set off again for her quarters at the mill ; in her eagerness to 

 get back to the mill even fording the river, "taking Cuddie at the broad side," as 

 that action is popularly termed. 



On the i8th of October, 1853, at ten o'clock in the evening, as the former owner c 

 the Cat was standing by the church porch, his attention was caught by the fugitive < 

 which was purring and rubbing herself against his legs as affectionately as in the olden 



