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species ; " for instance," he says, " I have seen a 

 French kitten eating vegetables as readily as meat." 

 The author had a fine Tabby Cat which for nearly 

 five years lived almost entirely on vegetable diet, and 

 died from a block in the intestines of a mass of food 

 composed principally of potatoes and potato-rind, to 

 which it was very partial; and on measuring the 

 intestinal canal of this Cat, the small intestine was 

 3 inches longer than the usual dimensions found in 

 the Domestic race. The examination of the intestinal 

 canal of the offspring of Domestic Cats which have 

 taken to a wild life, and which have become entirely 

 feral, shows that it approximates closely to that of 

 the Wild race. 



