THE WILD CAT. 
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^ese fiyg stains produced by the blood of the 
'^'^batants, which the application of soap and 
has not been able to efface. 
^Vild 
cats were formerly reckoned among 
- ® beasts of chase ; as it appears from a 
^•rter granted by Richard II. to the abbot 
ill "^^^^borough, giving him privilege of hunt- 
the hare, the fox, and the wild cat ; and 
^ niuch earlier period it was an object of 
® sportsman’s diversion, 
tj. oats are found in almost every coun- 
y of the old and new world, and existed in 
Orica before its discovery by Europeans. 
1 0 Persian province of Khorasan is cele- 
ted for a beautiful variety of this animal, 
s size is about the same as that of our com- 
^ Cat ; its colour is a fine gray, and for soft- 
and lustre, its skin cannot be surpassed. 
® tail, which is long, and covered with hair, 
^ ^ or six inches in length, it frequently turns 
P on its back, like a squirrel, and it then 
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