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ftock, or origin of the domestic cat which is 
fubjedt to many varieties* 
a . Angora Cat. With long hair » 3 of a filvery 
whitenefs, and hlky texture ; very long, efpecialiy 
about the neck, where it forms a fine ruff: the 
hairs on the tail very long, and fpreading : is a 
large variety : found about Anger a ^ the fame 
country which produces the fine haired goat, p. 
15. Degenerates after the firft generation in our 
climate. 
13 . Tortoise shell c.at : black, white, and orange. 
Le chat d’Efipagne de Buff on vi. tab . III. 
y . Blue Cat. Le chat des chartreux de Buffon vi. 
tab. iv. probably defended from the blue wild 
cats of the Cape. 
The cat a uferull but deceitful! domeftic : when 
pleafed purrs, and moves its tail: w T hen angry, 
ipits, hifies, fbrikes wit;h its foot: in walking, draws 
in its claws : drinks little : is fond of fifh : the fe¬ 
male very falacious ; a piteous, jarring, fqualing- 
lover: its urine corrofive : buries its dung : the.na- 
* Tells Catus. F. cauda elongata fufeo annulata , corpore fafeiis ni- 
grlcaniibus 3 dorfalibus lo?igitudirialibus tribus ; later aligns fpiralihus Lin. 
iyil. 62. Faun. iuec. No. 9. Br. Zooi. I. 45.* de Buffon, vi. 
tab. ii. Briffon quad. 191. 
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