SgS "fHE rOAIESTIC CAT. 



Dog so completely prevailed, that the Cat wai 

 driven away, and forced to seek for shelter else- 

 where. Several nlonths elapsed, during which the 

 Dog alone possessed the house. At length, how- 

 ever, he was poisoned by a female servant, whose 

 nocturnal vif.itors he had too often betrayed; and was 

 soon afterwards canied out lifeless into the court be- 

 fore the door. The Cat, from a neighbouring roofj 

 was observed to watch the motions of several per- 

 sons who went up to look at him; and when all were 

 retired, he descended^ and crept, with some degred 

 of caution, into the place. He soon ventured to ap- 

 proach ; and, after having frequently patted the 

 Dog with his paw, appeared perfectly sensible that 

 iis late quarrelsome cotnpanion could no more in- 

 sult him ; and from that time he quietly returned 

 to his former residence and habits. 



A Cat frequented a closet, the door to which was 

 fastened by a common iron latch. A window was 

 situated near the door. When the door was shut, the 

 Cat gave herself no uneasiness. As soon as she was 

 tired of her confinement, she mounted on the sole 

 of the window, and with her paws dexterously lifted 

 the latch and came out* This practice she continu- 

 cd for vcars *. 



A physician of Lyons, in Julv, 1800, was request- 

 ed to inquire into a murder that had been commit- 

 ted on the body of a woman of that city. In conse- 

 quence of this solicitation, he went to the residence 

 of the deceased, where he found her extended life- 



* SiiiL'ilie. 



