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Thursday, September 12, 2013

things cats are

William Gordon Stables muses upon his deductions of the cat.
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. . . I have arrived at the following conclusions—and be it remembered I speak of cats that are properly fed and housed, and have been taught habits of cleanliness when kittens:—

1. That cats are extremely sagacious.
2. „ „ „ cleanly and regular in their habits.
3. „ „ „ fond of children.
4. „ „ „ excellent mothers, and will nurse the young of any small animal on the loss of their own.
5. „ fond of roaming abroad.
6. „ brave to a fault.
7. „ fond of other animals as playmates.
8. „ easily taught tricks.
9. „ excellent hunters.
10. „ good fishers, and can swim on occasion.
11. That cats are very tenacious of life.
12. „ „ „ fond of home.
13. „ „ „ fonder far of master or mistress.
14. „ „ „ not, as a rule, thieves, but the reverse.
15. „ long-headed, sharp-nosed cats are the best mousers.

-- From William Gordon Stables. The Domestic Cat (G. Routledge and Sons, 1896) pp. 21-22.

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