ClafsL CAT. 45 



Div.IL DIGITATED QUADRUPEDS, 



Genus VII. The CAT. 

 Species I. The DOMESTIC CAT. 



Felis domeflica feu catus. Rait De Buffon^Tom. vi. 3. Tab. 2." 



fyn.quad. 170. Felis catus, Lin. fyji. 62. 



Charlton ex. 20. Felis cauda elongata, auriba* 



Meyer""! an. i. Tab. 1 5. aequalibus. Faun. Suec. Q. 



Gefner quad. 317. ^r. Zool.zX- 



BriJ/on quad, I g i , 





N A M E. S. 





Brit. 



Cath, w^. G wreath Genn. 



Katz 



Fren. 



Le Chat Dut. 



Cj/perfe Kat. Hayikat. 



ltd. 



Gatto B^wed. 



Katta 



Span, 



Gato Dan. 



Kat 



Fort. 



Gato 





THIS animal, is fo well known as to make a 

 defcriptionof it unnecelliiry. It is an ufeful, but 

 deceitful domeftic ; aftive, neat, fedate, intent on its 

 prey. When pleafed purres and moves its tail : 

 when angry fpits, hifles, and ftrikes with its foot. 

 "When walking, it draws in its claws ; it drinks little 5 

 is fond of fiih : its urine is corrofive : it buries its 

 dung : it waflies his face with its fore-foot, (Linnaeus 

 fays at the approach of a ftorm) the female is re- 

 makably falacious ; a piteous, fqualling, jarring 

 lover. Its eyes fhine in the night : its hair when 

 rubbed in the dark emits fire: it is even proverbially 

 tenacious of life : always lights on its feet : is fond 

 of perfumes j Mariim^ Cat-mint^ valerian^ &c. * 



* Vide. Lin. fyfi. 



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