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NATURAL HISTORY 
CAT. 
The common house Cat. is in oil parts like 
a lioness, except, in her sharp ears: her skin 
is soft ami smooth; her tongue, in licking, 
is rough like a lion’s ; her teeth are like a 
saw ; her nails are sheathed like the nails 
of a lion, striking with her fore-feet both 
dogs and other things, as a man does with 
his hand. The age of the Cat terminates 
between six and ten. 
The Cat is neither wanting in sagacity 
nor sentiment, but its attachments are much 
stronger to places than to persons. It is 
handsome, light, adroit, cleanly, turd volup- 
tuous. It loves ease, and searches out the 
softest furniture to lie upon. Young Cats 
are gay, lively, pretty, and would be very 
proper to amuse children, if the stroke of 
their paws was not to be feared. 
