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tural or physical indication of which is to be found in the 

 intestines of the domesticated, which are longer than those 

 of the common wild species. 



The varieties of the Domestic Cat are considerable in 

 number : as the Brinded Cat, with black feet and annulated 

 tail ; the slate-coloured or blue-gray, called the Chartreuse 

 Cat ; the tortoiseshell or Spanish Cat ; the white or slate- 

 coloured, with long fur, called the Persian Cat ; and a 

 beautiful long-haired species, called the Angora Cat, which 

 is remarkable for sometimes having one eye blue and the 

 other yellow ; the Red Cat of Tobolsk, mentioned by Gme- 

 lin ; the Pendant-eared Cat of China ; and the Pensa Cat, 

 described and figured by Pallas in his Travels, which, in- 

 deed, seems likely to have been hybridous, though it was 

 prolific. 



There is also, according to Sir S. Raffles, a variety of 

 the Domestic Cat peculiar to the Malayan Archipelago, 

 and remarkable for having a twisted or knobbed tail, in 

 which particular it agrees with that of Madagascar. Some- 

 times it has no tail at all. This coincidence with the Ma- 

 dagascar variety, says Sir Stamford, is the more remarkable, 

 as the similarity between the language and customs of the 

 inhabitants of Madagascar and of the Malay Islands has 

 frequently been a subject of observation. 



There is also an hereditary variety of the Cat in this 

 country, which is without any visible tail. It is not un- 

 common in Cornwall ; and Dr. Leach received one from 

 the Isle of Wight, which, however, could not be reconciled 

 to its new habitation . 



It appears by the Bibliotheque Universelle, that a hy- 

 bridous race has lately been propagated between the Do- 

 mestic Cat and the Pine Marten, which, contrary to the 

 more ordinary course of nature, is prolific ; and as these 

 animals are said to breed freely, they seem likely to become 

 a distinct hereditary species. They appear to have more 



