. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 76 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS thought his work went easier. A Shah of Persia, who bred a great many eats in his palace, always ate from the same plate with one of them. Lord Chesterfield, the English poet Elliott, Sardou, Massenet, and Pierre Loti are knf)wn tor their lo\'e of cats. A tale told of a Bernese artist, Gottfried Mind, called the " Raphael of cats," is curious and strictly true. During his whole life he devoted his attention to ca
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 76 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS thought his work went easier. A Shah of Persia, who bred a great many eats in his palace, always ate from the same plate with one of them. Lord Chesterfield, the English poet Elliott, Sardou, Massenet, and Pierre Loti are knf)wn tor their lo\'e of cats. A tale told of a Bernese artist, Gottfried Mind, called the " Raphael of cats," is curious and strictly true. During his whole life he devoted his attention to cats, studying them daily for hours, and portraying all their habits and ways ; he took no interest in any other subject or person. About all else his thoughts were \'ague and even sill)- in old age, but about cats he showed true knowledge. When he died, in 1S14, his features had acquired a sort of feline charactei It is by no means rare to meet with persons who resemble cats. It wis predicted to a king of Persia that he Avould trium])h in war if his armies were commanded b)' a cat-faced man. The man was found and \'ictory perched u]3on his banners. Popular supersti- tion asserts that the blood of a cat, drunk to cure ei)ile])sy, infuses a feline nature, so that the patient will e\er after hunt rats and mice. But those who have eaten cats, sold under the name of rabbit, ha\e not shown this propensity. Mme. Ilenriette Ron- ner, ncc Knip, at Amsterdam, where her father was an artist, is a celebrated lo\'er of cats. Since her marriage she has li\ed in Brussels. Her superb pictures of animals, in which cats play a chief [lart, are known the world o\'er. In 1887 she recei\'ed the Order of Leopold from the king of the Belgians. The cat's relations with man are not as close and intimate as those of the dog ; this may be because of the fact that the animal is less fit- ted to accompany him everywhere, or perhaps because it is less fully tamed. It bristles up far too much, and is still di
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