ANGORA CAT. 
In his Supplement to the article Cat, Buf- 
lon says — I formerly remarked that, in China, 
there were Cats with pendulous ears. Thi:> 
variety is not found any where else : and, per- 
haps, it is an animal of a different species ; for 
travellers, when mentioning an animal called 
Sumxu, which is entirely domestic, say that 
they can compare it with nothing but ^tlie 
Cat, with which it has a great resemblance. 
It's colour is black or yellow, and it's hair 
very bright and glittering. The Chinese put 
silver collars about the necks of these animals, 
and render them extremely familiar. As they 
are not common, they gain a high price; both 
on account of their beauty, and because they 
destroy Rats.' 
From this description, by BufFon, of the 
Sumxu, or Sumxi, we cannot infer, with Pen- 
nant, that it is a variety of the Angora Cat. 
