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THE CAT 



round, and full. The ears are medium-sized, 

 rounded at the apex, and hairless within. The 

 Manx Cat varies in color, running to Tabbies 

 and all the mixed colors. A white Manx Cat 



FIG. 21. MANX CAT. 



is practically unknown, and black ones are ex- 

 cessivety rare. The Manx Cat really can be 

 classed as a monstrosity, having been devel- 

 oped probably by the interbreeding of some 

 freak of nature in the form of a cat which in- 

 habited the Island of Man at an, early period. 



