93 CASSELL'S POPULAR NATURAL, HISTORY. 



Mlv in water continued to catch fish like an otter. Even she appears, however, to have been sur- 

 pMMd by the cat of Mr. Moody, of Jeamond, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, catching, as she did for some 

 ears, fish with great assiduity, and frequently bringing them home alive. Besides minnows and eels, 

 he occasionally carried home pilchards, one of which, about six inches long, was found in her posses- 

 ion She also contrived to teach a neighbour's cat to fish ; and the two have been seen together 

 watching by the Uis for their prey. At other times they have been observed at opposite sides of the 

 river, not far from each other. 



" I had," says M. Weuzel, "a cat and a dog, which became so attached to each other, that they 

 would never' willingly be asunder. Whenever the dog got any choice morsel of food, he was sure to 

 , liv.de it with his whiskered friend. They always ate sociably out of one plate, slept in the same bed, 

 and daily walked out together. 



" Wishing to put this apparently sincere friendship to the proof, I, one day, took the cat by 

 herself into my room, while I had the dog guarded in another apartment. I entertained the cat in a 

 most sumptuous manner, being desirous to see what sort of meal she would make without her friend, 



THE CANADIAN CAT. 



who had hitherto been her constant table companion. The cat enjoyed the treat with great glee, and 

 seemed to have entirely forgotten the dog. I had had a partridge for dinner, half of which I intended 

 to keep for supper. My wife covered it with a plate, and put it into a cupboard, the door of which she 

 did not lock. The cat left the room, and I walked out on business. My wife, meanwhile, sat at 

 work in an adjoining apartment. When I returned home, she related to me the following circum- 

 stance : The cat having hastily left the dining-room, went to the dog, and mewed uncommonly 

 loud, and in different tones of voice ; which the dog, from time to time, answered with a short bark. 

 They then went to the door of the room where the cat had dined, and waited till it was opened, when they 

 l it h entered the apartment. The mewing of the cat excited my wife's attention. She rose from her seat, 

 and stepped softly up to the door, which stood ajar, to observe what was going on. The cat led the 

 dog to the cupboard which contained the partridge, pushed off the plate which covered it, and, taking 

 out my intended supper, laid it before her canine friend, who devoured it greedily. 



Probably the cat, by her mewing, had given the dog to understand what an excellent meal she 

 had made, and how sorry she was he had not participated in it ; but, at the same time, had intimated 

 omething was left for him in the cupboard, and persuaded him to follow her thither. Since that 

 time I have ], : ,id |, ;l , ti.-ukr attention to these animals, and am perfectly convinced that they communi- 

 cate to each other what | interesting to either." 



Felis CaiiadriisU. E. Gcoflr.iy. 



