learn that they trained it to assist in fowling
among the papyrus reeds of the river margins.
There is a Cat found wild in Nubia, which agrees
in many particulars with these representations,
with the mummies of Egyptian Cats, and with our
domestic species; and hence many zoologists in-
cline to consider this Nubian Cat (Felis maniculata,
TrEmm.) as the original of the tame breeds. It is
worth remarking, however, that the cats of the
Egyptian pictures, in their robust form, short ears,
and short legs, as well as in their decidedly brindled
or tabby pattern of colouring, agree better with |
our own common breeds than with the maniculata;
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EGYPTIAN FOWLING-SCENE,
as may be seen by a reference to an original paint- ing of a fowling scene in the Egyptian Saloon of
