Show a WATER CATS cars UY U sportsmen of the nile 2116 pass po to 1 I a an expert fuhr though it seems somewhat difficult t understand ander stand how the sportsmen of 1 I a aile trained their cats not only to hunt game but to retrieve it from the tha water the hunting scenes depicted or on the walls 0 of f thebes afford proof of the egyptian cats service in this thia respect I 1 in one of these representations says saya the doston boston globe puss is depicted in the act of se zing a bird that ahat has been brought down by the marksman in the boat while in another scene the cats are seen in the boat ready for their work 4 L thus it appears from these ancient illustrations of field and other sports that the egyptians were able to train their dome domestic s tic cats to act in the sam sama a way as our m modern ode retriever dogs do it is gene generally rally 2 supposed that nothing will induce a cat at to enter water but this is clearly a fallacy like many other popular notions about the animal world the tiger Is an excellent swimmer an a many have found to their cost and so BO the cat another mem member berof of the tiger family can swim equally well if it has a any occasion to exert its powers either inquest in quest 0 prey pTer orto or to e effect 9 ec tit its escape from f ro some enemy As cats are exceedingly fond of I 1 fish they will often drag them alive out of their native element whenever they get the chance they have even been known to he help I 1 1 91 themselves cout of aquaria that have been left uncovered and 10 on ii moon light nights they maybe may be seen watching K f for r the unwary occupants of a fish poud pond during the tha spawning season especially pecia ally llly |