same Period, produced about Three hundred. Upon the latter Article, the Grace of the CURATE, who had seen, and

In one of the Ships of the Fleet, that sailed lately from FALMOUTH, for the WEST INDIES, went Passengers a Lady and her Seven Lap-dogs, for the Passage of each of which, she paid Thirty Pounds, on the express Condition, that they were to dine at the Cabin-table, and lap their Wine afterwards. Yet these happy Dogs, do not engross the whole of their good Lady's Affection; she has also, in JAMAICA, Forty CATS, and a HUSBAND!

The TURKS greatly admire CATS; to them, their alluring Figure appears preferable to the Docility, Instinct, and Fidelity of the DOG. MAHOMET was very partial to CATS. It is related, that being called up on some urgent Business, he preferred cutting off the Sleeve of his Robe, to waking the CAT that lay upon it asleep. Nothing more was necessary, to bring these Animals, into high Request. "A CAT may even enter a MOSQUE; it is caressed there, as the Favourite Animal of the PROPHET; while the DOG, that should dare appear in the Temples, would pollute them with his Presence, and would be punished with instant Death. In ancient EGYPT, CATS were held in great Veneration, but DOGS in still more. In any House, where a CAT died a natural Death, (for no Person killing a CAT, even involuntarily, could escape a capital Punishment), the Inhabitants, shaved their Eyelids only; but upon the death of a DOG, they shaved their Head. CATS were buried at Bubastis, a considerable City in Lower Egypt. These Honours and Prerogatives, were not merely matters of Fancy, they had a great political End, the Interest and Substance of a whole PEOPLE. It was necessary to put under the Protection of the LAW, a Species of Animals, whose Defence against the prodigious Multitudes of Rats and Mice, with which EGYPT is infested, was absolutely indispensable."

The "Annals of Austrian Literature" mention, that the late

been fed, at the LORD of the MANOR'S Table, upon little except Rabbits, from his Warren, dressed in various Ways thus pleasantly hinted the Wish for a Change.

D. CHRISTIAN, Dean of the Faculty, of Canon Law, at VIENNA, bequeathed the Sum of Six thousand Florins, for the Maintenance of his three Docs, during their natural Lives; and after the Death of the said three DoGs, or the longest Liver of them, this Sum is to fall into the Funds of the University of VIENNA.

This extravagant Fondness, has been extended to other Quadrupeds, as well as DoGs and CATS. We are informed in ROMAN Story, "That the Emperor CALIGULA, was extravagantly fond of a particular HORSE. He invited him to Supper, fed him with gilt Barley, and caused Wine to be presented to him, in Vessels of Gold; he ordered a Stable of Marble to be erected for him, and furnished with an Ivory Manger, covered with high Purple, and adorned with a Collar of Pearls. On this HORSE, he also bestowed, an elegant Mansion magnificently Furnished, and provided with a Number of Domestics, to enable him to entertain his Friends, in the most sumptuous Style. He promised to make him a CONSUL, which he perhaps would have performed, had not the EMPEROR been killed soon after, by CASSIUS CHEREAS a Captain of his GUARDS.

A CAT'S Gratitude we are told, was shewn to Sir HENRY WYAT, when Prisoner in the TOWER, who brought him a Pigeon, and by that means, preserved him from being starved.

To Sir WILLIAM SCOTT I am obliged, for the following very curious Anecdote. In 1810, this CAT was carried, by a Lady, from EDINBURGH to GLASGOW, in a Basket, in a close Carriage, and was carefully watched for two Months, at the End

"For Rabbits hot, for Rabbits cold,
For Rabbits young, for Rabbits old,
For Rabbits tender, Rabbits tough,

We thank the LORD, we've had Enough!"

of that Period, she produced two Kittens, and was then left to her own Discretion, which she employed, by disappearing with her Kittens. The GLASGOW Lady, wrote to her Friend at EDINBURGH, deploring her Loss, and Puss was supposed to have sought some new Abode, until about a Fortnight after her non-appearance at GLASGOW, her well known Mew was heard at the Door of her former Mistress, in EDINBURGH, and there she was discovered with her young Offspring, They in the best Condition, She very thin and poor. It is clear she could only have carried one Kitten at a time. The Distance from EDINBURGH to GLASGOW, is Forty Miles, so in returning, she must have travelled One hundred and twenty, and her Prudence must have suggested, the Mode of Travelling in the Night, with many other Circumstances, for the Safety of her Kittens. Her Beauty was the original Cause, for the request, of her Removal. When she was admitted at the Door of her old Habitation, she brought one Kitten up in her Mouth, and deposited it in the Corner of the Drawing-room, which she always occupied, then returned for the second, and afterwards seated herself very composedly, without taking particular Notice, of any of the Company present.

This CAT, to which the Print alludes, is the Property of Mrs. FINCH, of Maldon, ESSEX. In the Account of this Lusus Natura, for such it may be deemed, the Mother has no other Likeness of her Production, than her Colour, which is a tawny Sandy, in some parts lightly streaked with black; She had this, and another Kitten like it, about two Years since. The fellow Kitten was killed, in consequence of being troublesome, to the Mistress of the House, where it was presented. This is a Male, above the usual Size, with a shaggy Appearance round its Face, resembling that of the LION's, in Miniature. The Hair pro