All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . EGYPTIAN CAT (</6 Natural Size). The Egyptian Cat might easily be mistaken for the ordinary cat, both insize and looks. It is claimed that this is the species that received so muchveneration from the ancient Egyptians. A story is told that the Egyptiansonce refused to attack an invading army because they carried these sacredcats with them. It is also supposed that the punishment for maiming orinjuring one of these cats was death. Recent explorations have revealed mummies of cats, some that had beenburied with great pomp, proving that great res
All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . EGYPTIAN CAT (</6 Natural Size). The Egyptian Cat might easily be mistaken for the ordinary cat, both insize and looks. It is claimed that this is the species that received so muchveneration from the ancient Egyptians. A story is told that the Egyptiansonce refused to attack an invading army because they carried these sacredcats with them. It is also supposed that the punishment for maiming orinjuring one of these cats was death. Recent explorations have revealed mummies of cats, some that had beenburied with great pomp, proving that great respect was shown even to thedead. In Egypt privileges were given to cats that were denied to workmen. THE WILD CAT. Perhaps the best known of all the felines is the Wild Cat. It is quite acommon mistake to confuse the domestic cat that has run wild with the truewild cat. The latter is found all over the world. It is very rare in the BritishIslands, on account of its having been killed by the preservers of game, and it WILD WILD CAT (7,0 Natural Size). is astounding what damage one of these creatures will do, for when they entera preserve, they leave a bloody trail of victims in their wake. A wild cat wasonce caught in a trap that had been set in a rain-storm drain, and when thekeeper found it, he had to shoot the poor beast before he could go near, sofierce was its resistance. The young stay with the parents until full grown. Many stories are told showing the fierce temper of the wild cat, and oneof the most interesting of them relates how one was cornered in a hen-house,and, when disturbed, set upon the man so that he had to beat a hasty retreat. A gentleman was taking a walk in a lonely canon in one of the coast val-leys of California, and on looking up saw, on a dead tree-stump, some eightfeet above him, a huge wild cat. They both eyed each other suspiciously,while the former drew near and moved his hand very slowly toward his hip-pocket, which contained a .38-calibre re
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