ETYMOLOGY AND SYNONYMS 139 



It is a bold and daring creature, and also 

 cruel to its enemy, and never gives over till it 

 has destroyed it, if possible. It is also watch- 

 ful, dexterous, swift, pliable, and has good 

 nerves thus, if it falls from a place never so 

 high, it still alights on its feet and therefore 

 may denote those who have such forethought 

 that whatsoever befalls them they are still on 

 their guard. 



In coat-armor the cat must always be repre- 

 sented as full-faced, and not showing one side 

 of it, but both its eyes and both its ears. 

 Argent three cats in pale sable is the coat of the 

 family of Keat of Devonshire. 



In recent years it has become the emblematic 

 animal of newspaper offices and the editor's 

 chair. 



