Fo THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
black and brown to lighter shades of orange brown 
and white. The pure tortoiseshell might be called a 
black and tan, with no white, streaked like a tortoise- 
shell comb if possible, and with wonderful amber eyes. 
It is characteristic of their intelligence that they will 
invariably find their way home, and will even bring 
that mysterious instinct to bear which guides them 
back long distances to the place of their birth; and, 
with regard to this cat, the stories of almost impossible 
journeys made are not one bit exaggerated. The tom- 
cats of this breed are very rare in England; I myself 
have only known of the existence of six in fifteen years, 
and of these but three are recorded in the catalogues of 
the cat shows. 
The BLACK Cat has ny of the characteristics This champion cat belongs to Lady Alexander, by whose 
of the tortoiseshell, but is essentially a town cat, and hind permission it is here reproduced 
is wont to dream his life away in shady corners, in 
underground cellars, in theatres, and in all places where he can, in fact, retire to monastic quiet. 
The black cat of St. Clement Danes Church was one of the remarkable cats of London. It 
was his wont to climb on to the top of the organ-pipes and enjoy an occasional musical concert 
alone. A christening or a wedding was his pride; and many people can vouch for a lucky 
wedding who had the good-fortune to be patronised by the black cat of St. Clement Danes, 
which walked solemnly down the aisle of the church in front of the happy couples. 
My old pet Peter was a black-and-white cat, and, like most of his kind, was one of the most 
remarkable cats for intelligence I have ever known. A recital of his accomplishments would, 
however, have very few believers—a fact I find existing in regard to all really intelligent cats. 
There are so many cats of an opposite character, and people will rarely take more than a 
momentary trouble to win the finer nature of an animal into existence. Suffice it to say, that 
Peter would lie and die, sit up with spectacles on his nose and with a post-card between his paws 
—a trick I have taught many people’s cats to do. He would also mew silent meows when bid, 
and wait at the door for my home-coming. For a long time, too, it was customary to hear 
weird footfalls at night outside the bedroom doors, and visitors to the house were a little more 
superstitious as to their cause than we were ourselves. We set a watch upon the supposed 
ghost, but sudden opening of the doors discovered only the mystic form of Peter sitting purring 
on the stairs. He was, however, ultimately caught in the act of lifting the corner of the door- 
rug and letting it fall back in its place, and he had grown quite expert in his method of raising 
and dropping it at regular intervals until he 
heard that his signals had produced the required 
effect, and the door was opened to admit him, 
Wuite Cats I might call musical cats, for 
it is quite characteristic of the albinoes that 
noises rarely startle them out of their simpering, 
loving moods. The scraping of a violin, which 
will scare an ordinary cat out of its senses, or 
the thumping of a piano, which would terrorise 
even strong-nerved cats, would only incite a 
; ; white cat toa happier mood. Certainly all white 
Photo by T. Fall] Sy [Baker Stree  CatS are somewhat deaf, or lack acute quality of 
SILVER TABBY senses ; but this failing rather softens the feline 
A beautiful variety of a typical cat nature than becomes dominant as a weakness. 
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