Concerning Varieties of Cats 



weather, and its fur is denser, indicating that it has 

 been used to colder regions. Many of the cats that 

 we see are crosses of Angora and Persian, or Angora 

 and Russian, so that it is extremely difficult for the 

 amateur to know a thoroughbred cat which has not 

 been mixed with other varieties. 



There is also a fine short-haired cat coming from 

 Russia, usually self-colored. Mrs. Frederick Monroe, 

 of Chicago, owns a very handsome blue and white 

 one. 



In Pegu, Siam, and Burmah, there is a race of 

 cats known as the Malay cat, with tails only half the 

 ordinary length and often contorted into a sort of a 

 knot that cannot be straightened, after the fashion 

 of the pug dog or ordinary pig. 



There is another cat known as the Mombas, a 

 native of the west coast of Africa and covered with 

 stiff, bristling hair. Paraguay cats are only one- 

 quarter as big as our ordinary cat, and are found 

 along the western coast of South America, even as 

 far north as Mexico. 



The royal cat of Siam is a short-haired cat, yet 

 widely different from other short-haired varieties. 

 They are extremely pretty, with blue or amber-colored 

 eyes by day which grow brilliant at night. These 

 cats also frequently have the kink in the tail, and 

 sometimes a strong animal odor, although this is not 

 disagreeable. The head is rather longer than the ordi- 

 nary cat's, tapering off sharply toward the muzzle. 



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