CAPE CAT. 
something like a Tiger. A skin of this ani - 
mal was seen by Mr. Pennant, in a Furrier's 
shop in London, who thought it came from 
the Cape of Good Hope. From this skin 
Mr. Pennant gave the first description which 
could be of any utility to a natural historian. 
All the other authors mention this animal in a 
vague manner. When I and my son touched 
the second time at the Cape of Good Hope, in 
the year 1775? an animal of this species was 
offered me to purchase ; but I refused buying 
it, be cause it had a broken leg, which made me 
apprehensive of losing it by death during the 
passage from the Cape to London. It was 
very gentle, and tame. It was brought in a 
basket to my apartment, where I kept it above 
four and twenty hours : which gave me the 
opportunity of describing it, and of .observing: 
it's manners and ceconomy ; as it did to my soii^ 
that of making a very accurate drawing of it. 
" After a most minute examination, I found 
it's manners and ceconomy perfectly analogous 
to those of our Domestic Cats. It eat fresh 
raw meat, and was very much attached to it's 
feeders and benefactors. Though it had broken 
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