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CARNIVORA.—FELIDZ.
gusto, quite independent of the promptings of
hunger, watching at their holes with untiring per-
tinacity, and having pounced upon her prey, will
often bring it and lay it down at the feet of some
one whose affection she values, with a little cry of
complacency. It is, however, very frequently kept
as a pet, and loved for its own sake, though
there may be no mice to be destroyed. The
Cat’s susceptibility of kindly affections has been
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DOMESTIC CAT.
much underrated. Instances occur continually of Cats willingly accompanying a family remoy- ing their residence, and becoming at home at once, without manifesting any desire to return to the former dwelling ; plainly evincing that the
