CAPE CAT. 
might have possessed more certainty as to the 
true size of these animals. 
The minute scientific description of the ani- 
mal, subjoined to this paper in the Philosophi« 
cal Transactions, states it to be only eighteen 
inches long ; while that described, by Pennant, 
from a skin acknowledged by Dr. Forster to 
belong to the same species, was very nearly 
three feet in length from the nose to the taih 
There is, too, somewhat like inconsistency, in 
Dr. Fcrster's admitting the 'Nsussi of Labat, 
stated to be the size of a Dog; and the Tiger- 
Bush-Cat of Kolben, mentioned as the largest 
of all the Wild Cats of the Cape countries; to 
be both of them the same animal : yet, after- 
wards, to " positively aver," that the young 
Cat of eight or nine months old, had nearly, 
if pot quite, attained it's full growth, though 
only eighteen inches long. We have great 
respect for Dr. Forster's ability, but cannot be 
satisfied with such reasoning : and, though we 
think his general remarks ingenious and judi- 
cious, on the whole, had we leisure to pursue 
the enquiry, and if it were on this occasion ne- 
cessary, some objections might be opposed to 
the 
