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8C'i'atchc^ iigiiiiist (t!>j(M'ts, ordwlino- nt the same 

 time, as if practising foi- future defence. 



It eats fowl i^ily, h&i tiM utiwe ktiads of 

 meat so wdll ; it ate some piae^apple with mucli 



avidity. 



It \\ ill I'arrv away a hono given to it into a 

 dark corner^ growling and snapping at any one 

 th&t mnf atteinpt to- take ii away. 



Sometinid^ whea Mt to It^lt it viMm mk 

 loud squeaking cries, as to be lieardt all over 

 the sliip. One day, ;it dinner time, (when the 

 animal was first on board,) a noise was heard, 



by the steward^ who sdd it was " &e foreign 



cat." 



Like all animals, whether of tlie genus Homo, 

 or lomt in &g seak et^tio-n, the J^va Oat 

 does aot iifee to be disturbed at mealg, 'This 

 little ill-humoured riiiadrupcd is partt0ul^lj 



savage at that time, bnt, like the hnman race 

 hi all its numerous varieties, when " leeding 

 time" is over, and it has had a sufiiGiency 

 of pt01?i^er^, It will yemafii qui^, and be 

 tisuajiy ill a tuleralih,! good-humour; but wlien 

 httUgry, there is nntliing but growling, whining, 

 pcreeeliing, grumbling, crying, until tlie appetite 

 is satisfied. 



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