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THE CAT




[Illustration: WHITE CAT AND KITTENS.]




  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.


                                                PAGE

  CHAPTER I.

    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