150 DIVISION I. YEKTEBKAL ANIMALS. — CLASS I. MAJOIALIA. 



Ilopiiis; to cftlct his purpose, lie let air again into tlie receiver, wliieh as soon 

 as the cat perceived, she withdrew licr paw from tlie aperture ; but when- 

 ever lie attempted to cxliaust the receiver, she apphed lier paw as before. 

 All the spectators clapped their hands in admiration of the wonderful sagacity 

 of the animal, and the lecturer found himself under the necessity of liber- 

 ating her, and substituting in her place another, that possessed less penetra- 

 tion, and enabled him to exhibit the cruel experiment." 



A GiiATEFUL Cat. — "I was once on a visit to a friend in tlic country, 

 who had ;i favorite cat and dog, which lived together on the best possible 

 terms, eating from the same plate, and sleeping on the same rug. Puss had 

 a young family, and I'inclier was in the habit oi' making a daily visit to the 

 kittens, whose nursery was at the top of the house. Unc morning there 

 was a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning. Pinchcr was in the 

 drawing-room, and puss was attending to her family in the garret. Pinclier 

 seemed annoyed by the vivid Hashes of lightning ; and, just as he had crept 

 nearer to my feet, some one entered the room, followed by pnss, who walked 

 in with a disturbed air, and mewing with all her might. !She came to Pin- 

 chcr, rubbed her face against his cheek, touched him gently with her paw, 

 walked to the dcjor, stopped, looked back, and mewed, — -all of which said, 

 as plainly as words could Ikhc done, 'Come with me, Pinchcr;' but the 

 dog was too much alarmed himself to gi\e any consolation to her, and took 

 no notice of the in\itation. 



"The cat then returned, and renewed her ap[ilicafion with increased 

 energy; but the dog was immovable, though it was e\ident that he imdcr- 

 stood her meaning, for he turned away his head with a half-conscious look, 

 and crept closer to me, and puss soon left the room. Not long after this, 

 the mewing became so piteous that I could no longer resist going to see 

 what was the matter. I met the cat at the t<ip of the stairs, close l)y tlie 

 door of my chamlier. She ran to me, rubbed herself against me, and then 

 went into the room, and crept under the wardrolje. I then heard two voices, 

 and discovered that she had brought down one of her kittens, and lodged it 

 there I'or safety ; but her fears and cares being so divided between the kitten 

 above and this little one below, I suppose she wanted Pinchcr to watch by 

 this one while she went for the other, for, having confided it to my protec- 

 tion, she hastened up stairs. Xot, however, wishing to have charge of the 

 young family, I followed her up, taking the kitten with me, placed it beside 

 her, and moved the little bed farther fiom the window, through which the 

 lightning lla.-^hed so vi\idly as to alarm [loor puss for the safety of her 

 progeny. 1 then remained in the garret till the storm had passed away. 



"On the following morning, much to my surprise, I found puss waiting f ir 

 me at the door of my apartment. She accompanied me down to breakfast, 



