| Show EGYPTIANS FOND OF CATS animal was not only a domestic pet but was honored when it died the egyptians are 8 tite the first people among whom we find notices of the eat it figures largely upon the monuments as a domestic pet and was honored when dead comical stories are told by nero herodotus dotus of the anxiety to save the cats when a lions caught fire and the krit grief when one died the cat seems to hat hae e served as a retriever in fowling expedit expeditions lons and even in fishing it seems strange that no mention of the cat occurs in the bible or in any assyrian record even in india it was but recently known as a domestic animal its sanskrit Sans crit name Is harjara mar jarn jara from a root meaning to clean from the creatures habit of licking herself at her toilet her habits were well known to the and even to the etruscans Etrus cans as shown by antique gems and even wall paintings the mouse killer domesticated among the greeks called gale described by aristotle and humorously referred to by Aristo phanes in peace has been shown by professor rolleston to have been our white breasted marten besides the cat the egyptians domesticated the ichneumon popularly known as pharaohs Phara rat which Is ls still to be seen in the houses at bairo cairo |
