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CHAPTER XVIII. 



TORTOISESHELL-AND-WHITE PERSIANS. 



cats, both long- and short-haired, shell-and-white should be. She was not a 



-L have always had a great fascination white-and-tortoiseshell, as so many now seen 



for me. One of my first Persian pets in the show pen might be called. In these 



was a tortoiseshell-and-white, with a gorgeous cases the white predominates, and in reality 



coat, stand-out frill, and wide-spreading tail, the four colours should be about equally 



PEGGY 



She was so stately and dignified that we 

 called her "The Lady Mayoress." In those 

 days cats were of no account, and shows 

 were non-existent. My pretty pet roamed at 

 will and made her own matrimonial arrange- 

 ments : the kittens were consequently mostly 

 consigned to the bucket. 



With my present knowledge of the feline 

 race, I realise that " The Lady Mayoress " 

 was a grand specimen of what a tortoise- 



OWNED BY Miss TEKKILL. 



(Photo: W. Baker, Birmingham.) 



distributed. The patches of black, red, and 

 yellow should cover the back, head, and tail, 

 leaving the chest and paws and part of the 

 hind-quarters white. There should be patches 

 of the three colours on each side of the face, 

 with a white blaze up the nose. 



As in the tortoiseshells, so in this breed it is 

 better for the brighter colours rather than 

 the black to predominate. I believe an old- 

 fashioned name for this breed was chintz cats. 



