Identifier: fourfeetwingsfin00mask (find matches)
Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ssy is originally from theforests of Europe. It is believed they were first do-mesticated in Egypt. You dont mean to say that all cats were wildonce like the wild cat ? , exclaimed Frank. I most assuredly do. Do wild cats look just like our cats ? askedMay, looking down distrustfully upon the kitten inher lap as if thinking seriously of putting it down. In the wild state they have a flatter and largerhead, stronger limbs, shorter tail. Taking them intoour homes and domesticating them sort of refinesthem both mentally and physically, aud they growmore comely and graceful. Cousin Grace, Fanny Frost has a beautiful blue-grey cat that she calls a Maltese. It seems to be adifferent creature from my cat. Well; there are a great many varieties of domes-tic cats. The Maltese comes from the island ofMalta, or Melita. You remember that was the islandon which the Apostle Paul was wrecked. Thenthere are the black, yellow and white cats, called theTortoise-shell. This kind is of Spanish origin. 36
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Old Puss and Her Six Kittens. THE FIRST SUBJECT—Felis-domestica. They were brought over to this country by some ofour earhest settlers, perhaps on Columbus ships.Then there is the Persian cat, with very long fur onits neck and tail. But, to my mind, the most beauti-ful of all the domestic cats is the Angora. She haslong silken hair of silvery whiteness, and comes fromAngora in Turkey of Asia Minor. The ApostlePaul was also connected with this place ; for here hepreached to the Galatians. I once read a beautiful description of an Angoracat. A gentleman named M. Sonnini, while inEgypt, had an Angora cat in his possession for sev-eral years. This cat was entirely covered with long,silken hairs of dazzling whiteness, her tail forming amagnificent plume, which she could elevate at pleas-ure over her body. Her nose and lips were of adelicate rose color. Her eyes were large, round andsparkling, one of them being a light yellow in colorand the other a fine light blue. This cat was lovely in

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