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DomeEstec. 
Os Arie Crass Fy 
of robes; but it was efteemed not of the moft lux- 
urious kind; for it was ordained ‘ that no abbefs 
‘or nun fhould ufe more coftly apparel than fuch 
‘as is made of lambs or cats fkins*.? In much 
earlier times it was alfo the object of the fportf- 
man’s diverfion. 
Felemque minacem 
Arboris in trunco longis przefigere telis. 
Nemefiani Cynegeticon, Li. 55. 
Felis domefticafeucatus. Rati De Buffon, Tom. vi. 3. Tab. 2. 
Syn. quad. 170. Felis catus, Liz. /yft. 62. 
Charlton ex. 20. Felis cauda elongata, auribuy 
Meyer’s an. 1. Tab. 15. equalibus. Faun. Suec. g- 
Gefner quad. 317. Br. Zool. 21. Syn. quad. No. 
Briffon' quad. 191. 133: 
Brit. Cath, maf. Gwr cath Germ. Katz 
Fren. Le Chat Dut. Cyperfe Kat. Huyskat. 
féal. Gatto Saved, Katta 
Span. Gato Dan. = Kat. 
Port. Gato 
HIS animal is fo well known as to make a 
defcription of it unneceffary. It is an ufeful, 
but deceitful domeftic ; active, neat, fedate, intent 
on its prey. When pleafed purres and moves its 
tail: when angry fpits, hiffes, and ftrikes with its 
foot. When. walking, it draws in its claws: it 
* Archbp. William Corboyl’s canons, A. D. 1127. query 
by Mr. J, Row in Gent. Mag. 4ril 1774. 
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