CAPE CAT. 
it's fore-leg by accident, it nevertheless was 
very easy. After it had several times been fed 
by me, it soon followed me like a tame fa- 
vourite Cat. It liked to be stroked and caressed : 
it rubbed it's head and back always against the 
person's cloaths who fed it, and desired to be 
made much of. It purred ; as our Domestic 
Cats do, when they are pleased. It had been 
taken, when quite young, in the woods, and 
was not above eight or nine months old: I 
can, however, positively aver, having seen 
many skins of full-grown Tiger-Cats, that it 
had already very nearly., if not quite, attained 
it's full growth. I was told, that the Tiger- 
Cats live in mountainous and woody tracts ; 
and that, in their wild state, they are very great 
destroyers of Hares, Rabbits, Jerboas, young 
Antelopes, Lambkins, and of all the feathered 
tribe." 
It is to be regretted, that Dr. Forster did 
not purchase this animal; for the neglect 
of which, we cannot think that he has given a 
sufficient reason. If it could follow him, with 
it's leg broke, the accident was not very likely 
to endanger it's life; and, had it lived, we 
might 
