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used her strength mischievously, except 
that she now and then stole and destroyed 
a glove or hat, and once or twice, when she 
escaped from confinement, -she was guilty 
of making a great destruction among the 
hens. On one of these occasions she made 
advances of friendship towards a horse, by 
jumping upon his hack and there com¬ 
posing herself for a nap ; but the horse, not 
relishing the liberty, began to make various 
uneasy motions, which caused his new 
friend to use her claws for the purpose of 
rendering her seat more secure. The poor 
horse 
‘ What thing upon his back had got 
Did wonder more and more,’ 
and, greatly alarmed, began to plunge 
violently. Puss was speedily dislodged, and 
received a kick, which had the effect of so 
entirely disgusting her with the society of 
horses that she always hid herself when 
one appeared. 4 A few days before her de¬ 
parture from Liverpool to London, she oc¬ 
casioned a serious alarm. Being fastened 
by a long chain in front of a cottage, she 
suddenly threw down a young girl of four 
