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favourite cat brought one day into the room of the in- 

 valid, a rabbit she had caught and killed, without at all 

 injuring it for food, and thus a grateful meal was pro- 

 vided. Never was she known to do so before, but now 

 she did so without variation from day to day, until the 

 sufferer was removed from the present world, and such 

 aid was no longer needed. The narrator of the fact 

 received it from the mother of the invalid, who told it 

 with many tears when he visited her cottage ; she 

 thought of one whom she tenderly loved, and for whom 

 relief was so singularly found. 



To live like cat and dog, is a proverb for a life of 

 ceaseless conflict ; but one case at least may be men- 

 tioned of a very different state. " I had," says M. 

 Wenzel, " a cat and 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 divide it with his whiskered friendl They 

 always ate socially 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 a meal she would 



