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THE CAT.

ITS NATURAL HISTORY, VARIETIES,

AND MANAGEMENT.

WHITE CAT AND KITTENS.

Frontispiece.

THE CAT:

ITS NATURAL HISTORY; DOMESTIC
VARIETIES; MANAGEMENT AND
TREATMENT.

(WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.)

BY

PHILIP M. RULE.

WITH AN ESSAY ON FELINE INSTINCT,
BY BERNARD PEREZ.

London:

SWAN SONNENSCHEIN, LOWREY & CO.,

PATERNOSTER SQUARE.

1887.

Butler & Tanner,

The Selwood Printing Works,

Frome, and London.

TO

JOHN COLAM, ESQ.,

SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS,

This Book

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

IN RECOGNITION OF THE NOBLE AND UNFAILING

DEVOTION DISPLAYED BY HIM IN ADVOCATING

THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY;

AND IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE AUTHOR'S

APPRECIATION OF HIS REGARD FOR AND INTEREST IN

THE SUBJECT OF THE

FOLLOWING PAGES.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE. (not in original TOC)
CHAPTER I.
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General Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1
CHAPTER II.
General Characteristics (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		10
CHAPTER III.
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		31
CHAPTER IV.
On the Management and Treatment of Cats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		45
CHAPTER V.
Domestic Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		58
CHAPTER VI.
On the Diseases of Cats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		80
CHAPTER VII.
On the Diseases of Cats (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		102

Essay on Feline Instinct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		133

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