our domestic cats, though they differ in colour, form no distinct races. the climates of spain and syria have alone produced permanent varieties: to these may be added the climate of pe-chi-ly in china, where the cats have long hair and pendulous ears, and are the favourites of the ladies. these domestic cats with pendulous ears, of which we have full descriptions, are still farther removed from the wild and primitive race, than those whose ears are erect...