SIAMESE CATS. 



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cat with very blue eyes, and has recently had 

 a litter of five kittens by Lady Marcus Beres- 

 ford's ' King of Siam ' ; these kittens all 

 possessed the gloriously blue eyes to which 

 both of their parents can lay claim. 



" ' Attache ' (a neuter) was given to me 

 in October, 1900, when six months old, by 

 Mrs. Spencer, of Eye Vicarage, Suffolk ; he 

 is a very large and powerful creature, with 

 massive limbs, and an unconquerable an- 

 tipathy to all other cats of any description, 

 excepting only my Russian neuter, whose 



things, which he keeps under one particular 

 cushion, hunting them out when he feels 

 inclined to play ; for so large a cat he is 

 remarkably athletic, and as yet his health 

 has caused me no anxiety. 



" It is highly desirable that all who own 

 cats should keep a few simple medicines 

 always at hand. Personally, I am never 

 without the remedies previously alluded to. 

 Delay, in neglecting to note and treat at the 

 very commencement certain symptoms of ill- 

 ness, often proves fatal, whereas a ' stitch in 



"ROMEO" AND "JULIETTE." 



THE PROPERTY OF MRS. VARY CAMPBELL. 

 (Photo : J. Clat>pcrton, Galashiels.) 



presence he tolerates. So great is his aver- 

 sion to even the semblance of a cat, that 

 he has attacked a life-size print of an as- 

 sertive-looking Persian that acted as a stove 

 ornament in the room he occupied during the 

 summer months, scratching it several times 

 across and across, and then retiring behind it, 

 evidently to watch the effect from another 

 point of view ! He has large and luminous 

 eyes, in whose unfathomable depths linger 

 many and varied expressions ; he is of a 

 peculiarly jealous disposition, capable of in- 

 tense devotion. In spite of his living the 

 life of a recluse, he is by no means a victim 

 of ennui, possessing his own special play- 



*ime saves nine,' and may even save one of the 

 nine lives that a cat is (or was) supposed to 

 possess." 



The love of Siamese cats has not seemed as 

 yet to have developed in America, and speci- 

 mens of the breed are few and far between. 

 Lady Marcus Beresford sent out two good cats 

 to Mrs. Clinton Locke, and I believe several 

 fine litters have been reared, and some fine 

 exhibits appeared at recent shows. I give 

 an illustration of some of these pets, with 

 Mrs. Robert Locke, on page 256. 



In the foregoing remarks of noted breeders 

 of this variety many useful hints are given, 

 and some peculiarities of the breed mentioned. 



