. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. 72 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. se^ ^ ^1 â bi â r-'. -^ p^S ^m B y?^ -^ In 11 1 "lit 1 §M 1 :-- VJH P f ^ Photo by C. Reid] [Wishaw, N. B. thoto by E. Landorl \_Ealing MANX SIAMESE These tailless cats are luell inoiun; they ivere formerly called *' Cornioall cats,^^ Note the length of the hind legs, ivhich is one of the characteristics of this variety of the domestic cat These strikingly coloured cats are notv fairly numerous, but com- mand high prices. They have white kittens, ivhich subsequently become coloured to steal the wonderful cats
. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. 72 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. se^ ^ ^1 â bi â r-'. -^ p^S ^m B y?^ -^ In 11 1 "lit 1 §M 1 :-- VJH P f ^ Photo by C. Reid] [Wishaw, N. B. thoto by E. Landorl \_Ealing MANX SIAMESE These tailless cats are luell inoiun; they ivere formerly called *' Cornioall cats,^^ Note the length of the hind legs, ivhich is one of the characteristics of this variety of the domestic cat These strikingly coloured cats are notv fairly numerous, but com- mand high prices. They have white kittens, ivhich subsequently become coloured to steal the wonderful cats of Persia, China, and Northern India, as well as those of the many dependent and independent tribes which bound the Russian kingdom. But it is a remarkable fact that none but the blues can live in the attenuated atmosphere of the higher mountainous districts through which they are taken before arriving in Russian territory. It is no uncommon thing to find a wonderful complexity of blue cats shading to silver and white in most Russian villages, or blue cats of remarkable beauty, but with a dash of tabby-marking running through their coats. Their life, too, is lived at the two extremes. In the short Russian summer they roam the woodlands, pestered by a hundred poisonous insects ; in the winter they are imprisoned within the four walls of a snow-covered cottage, and are bound down prisoners to domesticity till the thaw sets in again. Many of the beautiful furs which come to us from Russia are really the skins of these cats, the preparation of which for market has grown into a large and thriving industry. The country about Kronstadt, in the Southern Carpathian Mountains of Austria, is famous for its finely developed animals ; and here, too, has grown up a colony of sable-coloured cats, said to be of Turkish origin, where the pariahs take the place of cats. The Tabby is remarkable to us in that it is characteristic of our own country, and no other colour seems to have been popul
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