The Book of Cats.
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claims the fellowship of the creature, if not of the soul!"
Poor Pussy! on the whole she has had but few champions in comparison to the number of her foes. Let us see what anecdotes we can find which will show her in a favourable light; but my chapter is long enough, and I will conclude it with the epitaph placed over a favourite French Puss:—
"Ci repose pauvre Mouton,
Qui jamais ne fût glouton;
J'espère bien que le roi Pluton,
Lui donnera bon gîte et crouton."
