. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. Photo by A. S. Rudland & Sons EYRA CAT The lowest and longest of the cats, shaped more like a civet; it is readily tamed, and makes a charming pet. Photo by A. S, Rudland i^ ."loni BAY CAT rats, birds, and small mammals generally. The Black-footed Wild Cat is another African species. It is a beautiful spotted- and-lined tabby, the size of a small domestic cat, and as likely as any other to be the origin of our tabby variety, if tame cats came to Europe from Atrica. At present it is only found south in the Kalahari Desert and Bechuanaland. The Kaffir


. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. Photo by A. S. Rudland & Sons EYRA CAT The lowest and longest of the cats, shaped more like a civet; it is readily tamed, and makes a charming pet. Photo by A. S, Rudland i^ ."loni BAY CAT rats, birds, and small mammals generally. The Black-footed Wild Cat is another African species. It is a beautiful spotted- and-lined tabby, the size of a small domestic cat, and as likely as any other to be the origin of our tabby variety, if tame cats came to Europe from Atrica. At present it is only found south in the Kalahari Desert and Bechuanaland. The Kaffir Cat is the common wild cat of the Cape Colony, and a very in- teresting animal. It is a whole-coloured tawny, upstanding animal, with all the indifference to man and generally inde- pendent character of the domestic Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornish, C. J. (Charles John), 1858-1906. New York, The University Library


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