Four-footed Americans and their kin . House Cat. Ill spite of its climbing propensi-ties, the Ocelot is a swift runner, andleads the dogs, with whom it was for-merly always hunted, a wild chase,crossing and doubling among the water-ways of its haunts in a manner to throwthe keenest hound off the scent/ Now my three grinningheads, said Dodo, gazing at herfavorite picture ; are they threekinds of cats, or a mother, father,and child? I think they looklike a family. Three different species, saidDr. Roy; and the heads aredrawn in exact proportion, sothat you may judge of theirsize. The smallest is
Four-footed Americans and their kin . House Cat. Ill spite of its climbing propensi-ties, the Ocelot is a swift runner, andleads the dogs, with whom it was for-merly always hunted, a wild chase,crossing and doubling among the water-ways of its haunts in a manner to throwthe keenest hound off the scent/ Now my three grinningheads, said Dodo, gazing at herfavorite picture ; are they threekinds of cats, or a mother, father,and child? I think they looklike a family. Three different species, saidDr. Roy; and the heads aredrawn in exact proportion, sothat you may judge of theirsize. The smallest is the HouseCat, an emigrant like our-selves. The next in size isthe Wildcat, or Bay Lynx,and the largest with the hairyear tufts is the savage Can-ada Lynx, called Loup Cervierby the early travellers. You all know the HouseCat and its habits : how itpurrs when it is going tosleep or feels pleased ; howit sharpens its claws on car-pet or wood, drawing them in and out at will ; how Canada Wildcat.
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