THE CAT. 



Generic Characters. 

 Six cutting teeth, and two canine teeth, in each jaw. 

 Five toes before, four behind. 



Sharp hooked claws, lodged in a fheath, that may be exerted or drawn 



in at pleafure. 

 Round head, and fhort vifage: rough tongue. 



Synonims. 



(Wild Cat.) Catus sylvestris. Boumriiter. Gefner Quad. 325. 

 Catus sylvestris, ferus vel feralis, eques arborum. Klein 



Quad. 75. 

 Wilde Katze. . Kram. Aujlr. 311. 

 Felis sylvestris. Brijfon Quad. IQ2. 



Kot Driki, Zbik. Rzaczinjli Polon. 217. Schreber, cvii. A. cvii. B. 

 Le Chat sauvage. Be Biiffbn, vi. 1. tab. i. Brit. Zool. i. 67. 

 Common Cat. Pennant Hijl. Quad. vol. i. p. 295. 



IN the gentle habits of our common domeflic Cat, we have a ftriking 

 exhibition of the conciliatory effects of kind ufage, even on difpofitions the 

 moll ferocious. 



This demure looking creature, fitting fo placidly by the nrelide, is no other 

 than a defcendant of the Ferus, or Wild Cat, the moll fierce and deftru&ive 

 animal which yet continues to range the woods and wilds of thefe iflands, 

 deftroying poultry, lambs, and kids, as well as vermin and different kinds of 

 game. 



