xx INTRODUCTORY 



Tabby or striped cats were probably the earliest 

 type, its stripes being derived from its wild an- 

 cestor. The eyes were yellow. By interbreeding, 

 selection, etc., most of these stripes have disap- 

 peared. 



Cats as a rule do not present anything like the 

 same structural differences in conformation as the 

 dog, not being required for such divers purposes ; 

 the cat's sole occupation being the destruction of 

 mice and rats. 



Neither does the cat become attached to its 

 owner in the same way that the dog does, whilst it 

 reverts much more readily to a savage or wild state 

 than the dog. Singularly, cats never form the same 

 degree of friendship to a person or persons as 

 that of the dog, their attachment being one more 

 of place than of person, hence the reason why a 

 cat so constantly wanders back to its former 

 haunts. 



