hero, who, profiting by the teachings of his serdor, managed to 

 avoid the scrapes which had tortured the one who was self 

 educated. These two cats, junior and senior, appeared uo 

 swear (cats will swear) eternal friendship at first sight An 

 interchange of good offices was at once established. Senior 

 taught junior to avoid men's feet and wine cases in motion, 

 and pointed out the favourite hunting grounds, while junior 

 oflfered to his mentor the aid of his activity and physical 

 prowess. 



" Senior had a cultivated and epicurean taste for mice, which 

 he was too old to catch ; he therefore entered into a solemn 

 league and covenant with junior to the following effect. It 

 was agreed between these two contracting powers that junior 

 should devote his energies to catching mice for the benefit of 

 senior, who in consideration of such feudal was to relin- 

 quish his claim to a certain daily aUowance of cats' meat in 

 favour of junior. This courteous compact was actually and 

 seriously carried out. It was an amusing and touching spec- 

 tacle to behold young pussy gravely laying at the feet of his 

 elder the contents of his ' game bag ;' on the other hand, senior, 

 true to his bargain, licking his jaws and watching junior 

 steadily consuming a double allowance of cats' meat. 



" Senior had the rare talent of being able to carry a bottle of 

 champagne from one end of the cellar to the other, perhaps a 

 distance of a hundred and fifty feet. The performance was 

 managed in this wise. Tou gently and lovingly approached 

 the cat, as if you did not mean to perpetrate anything wicked ; 

 having gained its confidence by fondly stroking its back, you 

 suddenly seized its tail, and by that member raised the animal 

 bodily from the ground; its fore-feet sprawling in the air 

 ready to catch hold of any object within reach. Tou then 

 quickly bring the bottle of wine to the seizing point ; pussy 

 clutches the object with a kind of despairing grip. By means 

 of the aforesaid tail you carefully carry pussy, bottle and all, 

 from one part of the cellar to another. Pussy, however, soon 

 became disgusted with this manoeuvre, and when he saw a 

 friend with a bottle of champagne looming, he used to beat a 

 precipitate retreat." 



The rev. gentleman before quoted had at one time in his 

 possession a marvellously clever little cat, which he called 

 " Pret," and concerning which he relates a host of anecdotes. 

 Ji'rom them are culled the following : — 



" Pret " knew but one fear, and had but few hates. The 



