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a grey colour ; and meafured, from the nofe to the tail, 

 nearly twenty-two inches : The tail was thirteen inches 

 long: Its height was about a foot and a half. Its intef- 

 tines were full of moles and rats. 



Some Wild-Cats have been taken in this kingdom of a 

 moil enormous fize. We recollea one having been kill- 

 ed in the county of Cumberland, which meafured, from 

 its nofe to the end of its tail, upwards of five feet. 



The province of Chorazan, in Perfia, is particularly 

 famous for a moft beautiful Cat, about the fize of the 

 tame one, of a fine grey colour, without any mixture, 

 and as foft and mining as filk. It is darker on the back, 

 foftening by degrees towards the bread and belly, where 

 it is almoft white. The tail is long, and covered with 

 hair, five or fix inches in length. The animal frequent- 

 ly turns it upon its back, like a fqujrrel; the point of it 

 refembling a plume of feathers. 



The Cat of Angora differs greatly from the Wild-Cat 

 in having much longer hair, efpecially about the neck, 

 where it forms a fine ruff, and gives it a lion-like appear- 

 ance. Some of thefe are of a filvery whitenefs, and filky 

 texture ', others are of a dun colour, mixed with yellow. 



