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portions, as lie did not go his rounds on Sundays. 

 These were often thrown into the area, to which Tom 

 had access. He would always greedily devour the one 

 portion, but never touch the other, although they lay 

 side by side. This cat would also open the latch of 

 the kitchen-door, as observed by several of your 

 correspondents, and would also open the shutters in 

 the drawing-room (closed but not fastened), in order 

 to look out of window. I have, however, been told of 

 a cat who would open not only a latch, but an ordinary 

 drawing-room door, rather loose, by taking the round 

 knob between her paws and twisting it round and 

 round till it opened. 



The fact of cats distinguishing between one meat 

 man and another seems to me to disprove the oft- 

 repeated assertion that cats attach themselves only to 

 places, and not to persons ; for here we see them able 

 to pick out a certain man by his voice alone, even at a 

 great distance. A. W. BUCKLAND. 



During a recent passage over the North Sea, a flock 

 of sea-gulls followed the steamer for many miles. At 

 last I noticed that one of them, a remarkably fine bird, 

 had, by some chance, got an angler's line attached to 

 its wing. The poor thing flew about the rigging, its 

 companions, meanwhile, uttering loud cries. After 

 great cawing, the bird flew quickly towards the ship 

 dashed round one of the ropes several times, and 

 ultimately flew off, leaving the line twisted round the 

 rope. GEO. B. FKASEE. 



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