VARIETIES 39 



LONG-HAIRED CATS. 



THE ASIATIC OB EASTERN CAT. 



The Long-haired Oats, otherwise known as 

 the Asiatic or Eastern Cats, vary only slightly 

 in conformation, but greatly in color and in 

 the quality of their coats. The coat may be 

 woolly in texture, may be coarsish in texture, 

 or it may be as fine as silk but more com- 

 monly there is a mixture of an upper coat of 

 silk}^ hairs with a close, woolly under coat grow- 

 ing, around the roots of the former. An im- 

 portant quality in all Long-haired Cats is the 

 frill or " lord mayor's chain, " which is a crest 

 of hairs around the neck at the line where the 

 fur of the cheeks pointing downward meets 

 that of the neck pointing forward. They 

 vary in their eyes, ears, and the length and 

 form of the tail. The Long-haired Cats include 

 the various families known as the Angora, the 

 Persian, the Russian, the Chinese, and the In- 

 dian. 



