ANGORA CAT. 
Little is the information which we pos- 
sess, respe6ling this beautiful variety of the 
feline race. It is the Felis Catus Angorensis, 
of Linnasus ; and the Angora Cat, of Schre- 
ber, Brisson, BufFon, Pennant, and other na- 
turalists. 
It is described by Pennant, as a variety of 
the Common Cat ; having long hair, of a siU 
' very whitness and silky texture. About the 
neck, especially, he observes, it is particularly 
long, and forms a fine ruff : the hairs on the 
tail, too, are very long and spreading. It 
is,'* continues Pennant, " a large variety, 
found about Angora ; the same country as 
iproduces the fine-haired Goat. It degenerates, 
after the first generation, in our climates. A 
variety of this kind is found in China, "v^'ith 
pendent ears ; of which the Chinese are very 
fond, and ornament their necks with silver 
collars. They are cruel enemies to Rats. Per- 
haps, concludes he, *' they are the domestic 
animals which tlie Chinese call Sumxi." 
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