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Show If line ton. Jloataigne a: "VVheu I ila nith my cat, how do I know whether she tlues not make a pastime pas-time of me, Ju't as I do of her? We entertain ourselves with mutual antics; and if I ha e my own times of begtnningand refusing, she, too, has her." The iortiems of kittens is exuberant, and makes them the most delightful of pets. Mud'ay's remark is euperlluou?, except that it has to 1 made for the formal completeness cf Ills treat L-e, that dogs and cats take part in the fun and frolic Lometicies rough or boisterous enough uf their eiiild playfellows. They give every esi. deuce, in fact, that ueh fun and frolic are tiie meet enjoyed features of that period of their lives. As the animal matures it becomes more fwiate, aud cveu assumes a meditative air, but. the taste fur sport dues not die out till inlirmit begins to wear upon It- A cat mentioned men-tioned in the Animal World would allow itself to be rolled up or swung about iu a table-cloth, ana seemed to enjoy the fun; and Wood's dignified 1'usset would let nis friends do any -thine: they pleased with him lift him by any. part of the body, toss him iu the sir from one (o another, use him as a footstool, boa or pillow, make him jump over their hands or leap on tnelr shoulder?, or walL along their extended arms, with perfect complaceucy. At the same time he was keenly sensitive to ridicule. anJ, if laughed at, would walk off with every manifestation of offended dignit. Lindsay names the cat as one of the animal that perpetrate practical practi-cal jckes on each other or on man; that enter thoroughly into the sjirit of the joke or fun, end tujoy and exult in its tuccets; ouJ cjjes in illustration of his I rinciple an Instance In-stance of a cat teasing a irog, seemingly seem-ingly lo bear it cry. Tad, of Burn-bam, Burn-bam, Alalne, eems to Iiave had the humorous senpe in 9 mom refined degree. He would eii u fhe yard, aud, calling the neighboring cat3 together, would nianiruver as though glrlnj them order, till he get them to fighting then would withdraw ti one side, or lu his seat upon tlie window sill, and look on In evident amusement, swinging bis Urge bushy tail forcibly against the window pane; but, when called Into the noose bv bis rnb-ttew, be always obeyi-d if.. ZarraUe, ui Tte Popular S enccMonthh. |