FRIENDSHIP OF CATS. 
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Egypt, had a cat which accompanied him 
in all his journeyings and was never un¬ 
easy at any change so long as she was with 
her master. I recollect also reading, in Miss 
Roberts’s entertaining book upon India, of 
an English officer who had for pets a cat, a 
small antelope and a Persian greyhound, 
which were strongly attached to him and to 
each other. They ate, played and slept to¬ 
gether, and always went to the gate of the 
enclosure to wait for their master. They 
accompanied him upon many long marches 
and excursions; and the cat never seemed 
to care for change of place, so long as her 
master and her two friends were with 
her.” 
“ How I should like to have seen them !” 
said Sidney. “Would not you, Annie?” 
Annie nodded. “ But I did not know that 
cats and dogs were ever friends. People 
say of quarrelsome persons that they fight 
like cats and dogs, you know; and almost 
all dogs will kill cats.” 
“ I believe that is only because they are 
taught to do so,” said Miss Winston. “I 
have seen cats and dogs as good friends 
as those I have just described. You re- 
