Chapter XXXII (3)

The treatment of the skin is chiefly local. The itchiness must be
allayed. This can be obtained by applying precipitated sulphur (2
drachms), zinc oxide (2 drachms), mixed in olive oil (2 ounces) twice
a day to the affected parts. If the eruptions are spread over a wide
area, the hair should be cut off close to the skin before applying the
dressing. For internal treatment a powder composed of calomel (⅛ to ¼
grain) and bicarbonate of sodium (2½ to 5 grains) should be given
twice a day. If the disease runs a chronic course, arsenic bromide or
iodide (¹⁄₁₀₀ grain in a pilule) should be given three times a day.

EXTERNAL ANIMAL PARASITES.

The =Cat Flea= (_Pulex serraticeps_, var. _cati_).—The cat flea is
identical with, but rather smaller than, that of the dog. It differs
from the flea of mankind (_Pulex irritans_) by having black, blunt
spines, seven to nine in number, arranged as the teeth of a comb, at
the posterior border of the prothorax and at the inferior border of
the head. It is a troublesome pest by irritating and disturbing rest.
It prefers to attack the cat when she is suckling.

The flea plays an important part in the evolution of the elliptical
tapeworm (_Tæma elliptica_) by harbouring the intermediary
cysticercus, the ingestion of which gives rise to the development of
this tapeworm in the intestine.

_Treatment._—The cat should have powdered pyrethrum well rubbed into
its skin, and then combed out, care to be taken that the combings are
burnt. The crevices or corners of the cat’s house should be sprinkled
with oil of turpentine, or Sanitas powder.

Fortunately for the cat, it is affected with only one variety of
louse, the =Cat Louse= (_Trichodectes subrostratus_), which differs
from the flea in being wingless and not jumping from but only quitting
the cat by accident. It has three-articled antennæ; the head has five
sides to it; the body is oval, and in the female notched behind. Its
colour is yellowish-brown.

It is not a blood-sucker, but attacks the hair and eats the epidermis,
preferably that of the head, neck, back, and limbs, where it causes
intense itching. It develops rapidly upon poorly fed, weak, or
debilitated animals. There is, besides itchiness, loss of hair,
scurfiness, and nits (eggs) in more or less large numbers, which by
their presence indicate that the skin has not received sufficient
attention. The nits, or eggs, are attached to the hair.

_Treatment._—The hair may be sprayed with equal parts of vinegar and
concentrated infusion of quassia. Moreover, should the animal lick
itself after this dressing is applied, it will act as a tonic. Raw
meat, or fish, cod-liver oil, etc., should be given.

PAINLESS DESTRUCTION OF CATS.

A knowledge of how painlessly to destroy a cat’s life is very
important to the owner of a cat who is not in reach of a veterinary
surgeon—the proper person to undertake this duty under ordinary
circumstances.

The most humane method is to place the animal in a small air-tight
box, into which has been placed previously two to four drachms of
_chloroform_ on a sponge or piece of lint or cotton-wool, which
produces at first anæsthesia or painless sleep, and afterwards death
from failure of the respiration and heart. It does not cause a
suffocative feeling or sensation like coal gas, or spasm, as does
prussic acid. Care must be taken not to take the cat out of the box
too soon, or else life, not quite extinct, may return.

INDEX.

A

Abscess of the Ear, 369;
of the Eye, 371

Abyssinian Cats, 297, 301

Albinos, 351

Alice in Wonderland, 15

Alice through the Looking-glass, 15

Amateur Cat Photography, 332

America: Cat Fancy, 30, 303;
“Any Other Colour” Persians in, 235;
Brown Tabby Persians, 227, 229;
Cats’ Homes in, 33;
Difficulties of Showing, 324;
Fanciers, 304;
Judging, 317;
Literature, 31;
Short-haired Cats, 286;
Shows, 327;
Smoke Persians, 184;
Stud Cats, 305;
Stud Cats’ Register, 309;
Wild Cats at Shows, 322

American Cat Clubs, 30

Anæsthetics, 257

Anatomy of Cat, 351

Ancestry of Cat, 350

Angora Cats, 98

Animal Worship, 2

“Any Other Colour” Persians, 233;
in America, 235;
Fanciers, 234;
Mating, 233

Appendicular Skeleton of Cat, 353

Archangel Cats, 275, 279

Armitage, Miss, on Siamese Cats, 260

Armorial Bearings and Cats, 13

Arnold, Matthew, 11

Art, The Cat in, 15

Artificial Foods for Kittens, 338

Artificial Foster-mother, 340

Artificial Heat in Cattery, 54

Asphalt Floor for Cattery, 51

Assam, 122

Atab, 215

Atlantic Cat Club, 27, 304;
Silver Tabby Winners, 176

Australia, Origin of Cats in, 300;
Wild Cats, 323

Axial Skeleton of Cat, 352

B

Backgrounds in Cat Photography, 332

Balding, Mrs., on Chinchilla Persians, 144

Barker, Mr. E. M., on Brown Tabby Persians, 227

Basalt Cat Statues, 5

Battersea Dogs’ Home, 19

Beal, Miss, on Cream Persians, 206;
on Tortoiseshell Persians, 210

Bedding, 52;
at Shows, 80

Beds for Queens in Kit, 40

Bennet, Mrs., 68

Bentham, J., 11

Beresford Cat Club, Chicago, 27, 30;
Blue Short-hairs Classification, 280;
Neuters, 239;
Stud Book, 309

Beresford, Lady Marcus, 28;
Cattery, 101;
on Siamese Cats, 261

Berlin Museum, 5

Bible, Reference to Cat in, 2

Black Persians, 112;
Coats, 113, 117;
Colour Breeding, 345;
Eyes, 112, 116;
Mr. R. Little on, 117;
Mating, 115, 344;
Dr. Roper on, 115

Black Short-haired Cats, 289

Black-and-White Club, 26, 117

Black-and-White Persians, 233

Bladder, Distension of the, 361

Blue Persian Cat Society, 26, 30;
Objects, 129;
Pedigree Form, 87

Blue Persians, 125;
Catteries, 131;
Mrs. Clarke on, 107;
Eyes, 127;
Fanciers, 128, 131;
Kittens, 110, 127;
Mr. T. B. Mason on, 127;
Mating, 107, 126;
Points, 126, 130

Blue Short-haired Cats, 275;
British, 276;
Mrs. Carew Cox on, 278;
Coat, 279;
Fanciers, 277;
Canon Girdlestone’s Breed, 279;
Mrs. James on, 265;
Mating, 279;
Place of Origin, 288;
Points, 277, 281;
Russian, 276, 291

Blue Smokes, 126

Blue-and-White Persians, 233

Board School Essay on Cats, 25

Boarding Houses for Cats, 195

Body of Cat, 351

Bolton, Mr. G., on Manx Cats, 245

Bones and Principal Ligaments of Cat’s Toe, 352

Bones in Structure of Cat, 352

Bonny, Mrs., on Short-haired Cats, 285

Bordeaux Museum, 6

Boston, U.S., Cats’ Home, 34

Botanic Gardens National Cat Club Shows, 27

Bougeant, Father, 12

Boulak Museum, 3

Brain of Cat, 350, 356

Brand’s Essence, 45

Breast-bone of Cat, 353

Breeding, 38, 347;
in America, 316, 324;
“Any Other Colours”, 233;
Black Persians, 112, 115;
Blue Persians, 107, 126;
Blue Short-hairs, 279;
Brown Tabby Persians, 228;
Chinchillas, 152, 160;
Colour, 344, 349;
Cream Persians, 204;
Darwin on, 152;
Financial Aspect, 26;
Manx Cats, 250;
Markings, 74;
Orange Persians, 190;
Pedigree Cats, 152;
Red Tabby Short-hairs, 288;
Short-hairs, 284, 291, 294;
Siamese Cats, 256, 258;
Silver Persians, 144;
Silver and Chinchillas, 143;
Silver Tabbies, 169, 172;
Smoke Persians, 182;
Tortoiseshells, 209, 295;
White Persians, 119

Brighton, Massachusetts, Cats’ Home, 34

Brindled Cat, 216

British Cat Club, 27, 274

British Museum, 5

Broken Colours, 30, 231

Bromide, 46

Bronchitis, 363

Brooke, Mr. H. C., on Manx Cats, 250

Brooklyn Cattery, 306

Brough, Mrs. Parker, on Siamese Cats, 263

Brown, Mrs. Peter, 68

Brown Tabby Persians, 215;
in America, 227, 229;
Mrs. Barker on, 227;
Classification, 217;
Colour Breeding, 347;
Mrs. Drury on, 222;
Kittens, 225;
Markings, 216;
Mating, 228;
Points, 228;
Sables, 217, 224, 229;
Miss Southam on, 218;
White Lip, 224;
Miss Whitney on, 224

Brown Tabby Short-haired Cats, 288, 291

Bubastes, 3

Bull, Messrs., Travelling Basket, 60

Bunny Cat, 301

Burial Customs, 6

Burma, 300

Burmese Cats, 300

Buying and Selling Cats, 86

C

Caffre Cat, 297

Cairo, Cats’ Home, 35

California, Cat Fancy, 316

Cambyses Tradition, 5

Cameras, Photographic, in Cat Photography, 332

Camphaleyne, 55

Canada, Cat Fancy, 315

Canadian Cats, 315

Canker, 369

Carbonate of Soda, 45

Carroll, Lewis, 14

Castor-oil, 360

Cat Club, The, 26;
Annual Shows, 95, 163;
Foundation, 28;
Medal, 133;
Register, 78;
Registration, 29, 62;
Stud Book, 29

Cat Clubs and Societies, List of, 26

Cat Family, The, 350

Cat Fancy, 25, 90

“Cat Journal,” American Paper, 89, 306

Cat louse, 376

Cat-o’-nine-tails, 19

Cat Photography, 332;
Grouping, 334;
Isochromatic Plates, 336;
Length of Exposure, 335

Cats, 1, 18;
Action of the Claws, 353;
Amateur Photography, 338;
Anatomy, 351, 354;
Ancestry, 350;
on Armorial Bearings, 13;
in Art, 15;
Average Age at Death, 20;
Black, 114;
Brain of, 350;
Buying and Selling, 86;
Care and Management, 37;
Catteries, 50;
of Celebrated People, 10;
Classification, 350;
“Cold Storage” Breed, 24;
Common Brown Tabby, 229;
Dentition, 99, 352;
Diseases, 358;
Domesticated, 6;
Earliest Egyptian Representation, 5;
in Egypt, 2, 297;
Emblem of Moon, 4;
Exhibiting, 61;
Feeding in Illness, 358;
Foreign Names for, 18;
Friendships with Dogs, 322;
Generic Family Name, 350;
Geographical Distribution, 350;
Head on Pasht, 3;
in Heraldry, 12;
in history, 8;
Homeless in London, 32;
Household, 19;
Housing of, 49;
Insurance, 66;
Intelligence, 18, 20;
Judging, 70;
Longevity, 20;
Long-haired Foreign, 17;
Mating, 38;
Medical Treatment, 31, 271, 373;
in Middle Ages, 8;
the Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison on, 105;
Mummy, 1;
Neckbones, 352;
in Nursery Rhymes, 14;
Painless Destruction, 376;
Pedigree, 27;
Performing, 24;
Place in Nature, 350;
Points, 96;
in Public Offices, 22;
Reproduced in Ware, 16;
Ribs, 352;
Senses of Smell and Hearing, 20;
Short-haired English, 17;
Skeleton, 355;
Stray, 33;
Structure, 350;
Superstitions, 13, 115;
Toy, in British Museum, 5;
Utility of, 22;
Vertebræ, 352;
Washing, 37;
when Travelling, 58;
Worship in Egypt, 2

Cats’ Home, Dublin, 33

Cats’-meat, 24

Catteries, 49, 101, 131;
American, 304;
Appliances, 55;
at Battersea Home, 33;
Lady Marcus Beresford’s, 102;
Miss Beal’s, 206;
Breeding Rooms, 52;
Brooklyn, 306;
Miss Cartmell’s, 192;
Cazenovia, 307;
Cleanliness, 44, 55;
Mrs. Collingwood’s, 105;
Lady Decies’, 101;
Disinfectants, 55;
Distemper, 364, 368;
Drainage, 51;
Earth Tins, 57;
Feeding in, 37;
Feeding Utensils, 56;
Flooring, 51;
Hart Park, Staten Island, 307;
Mrs. Hawkins’, 262;
Heating, 54, 57;
Mrs. Herring’s, 106;
Mrs. James’, 180;
Miss A. Leake’s, 170;
Lethal Box, 56;
Littering Nests, 52;
Linden, Indianapolis, 315;
Millerton, New York, 307;
Mrs. Neate’s, 195;
Old Ford, 305;
Dr. Ottolengui’s, 305;
Owena, 313;
Photographing in, 332;
Pioneer, Toronto, 315;
Plan of, 51;
Playing Room, 52;
Portable, 55;
Ridgefield, New Jersey, 306;
Runs, 54;
Sleeping Boxes, 52;
Siamese Cats, 261;
Miss Southam’s, 220;
Mrs. Spencer’s, 261;
Mrs. McKenzie Stewart’s, 104;
Stud Houses, 54;
Treatment of Kittens in 338;
Ventilation, 52;
Mrs. G. Walker’s, 159;
Worcester, Mass., 306

Cazenovia, U.S., 307

Cement Floor for Cattery, 51

Challenge Trophy for Chinchilla Kittens, 151

Champfleury, M., on Cats of Egypt, 5;
on Cats in Heraldry, 13;
in Nursery Rhymes, 14

Charity, Cat Shows in Aid of, 28

Cheeks of Cat, 96

Cheetah, The, 350

Chemosis, 371

Chest of Cat, 96

Chesterfield, 11

Chicago Cat Club, 27, 30, 309;
on Hairless Cats, 298

Chicago Cat Fanciers, 310;
Home, 34, 313;
Shows, 312

China, 6, 300

Chinaware, 16

Chinchilla Cat Club, The, 26, 30, 151;
Standard of Points, 154

Chinchilla Persians, 137;
Mrs. Balding on, 144;
Colour, 154, 346;
Eyes, 346;
Mating, 143, 160;
Points, 141, 154, 160;
Show Cats, 147

Chinese Cat, 300

Chintz Cats, 210, 212

Chocolate Siamese Cat, 256

Christmas Cards, Cats on, 25

Chronic Nasal Catarrh, 362

Cincinnati Cat Shows, 314

Clan Chattan, 13

Clarke, Mrs. S. F., on Breeding Blue Persians, 107

Classes, Definition of, 28

Classification at Shows, 78

Clavicle of Cat, 351

Claws of Cat, 350, 353

Cleanliness in Catteries, 44

Cleveland Shows, 314

Clouded Leopard, 351

Coat of Cats, 37, 98, 113, 340;
Abyssinian Cat, 301;
Black Persian, 117;
Chinchilla, 154;
Cream Persian, 201;
in Exhibiting, 61, 62;
in Illness, 45;
in Judging Long-haired Classes, 72;
Manx Cat, 245, 251;
Neuters, 238;
Orange Persian, 190;
Preparing for Photography, 333;
Short-hairs, 270, 282, 289;
Silver Persians, 140, 165, 174;
Smoke Persians, 178, 184;
Stud Cats, 47;
White Persians, 118, 124

Cochran, Miss H., on “Any Other Colour” Persians, 233;
on Cream Persians, 205;
on Neuters, 239;
on Siamese Cats, 265

Cod-liver Oil, 39, 261

Cold Storage Breed of Cats, 24

Collar-bone of Cat, 351

Collingwood, Mrs., 105

Colour Breeding, 344;
Black Cats, 345;
Chinchillas, 346;
Crossing for, 344;
Eyes, 345;
Smokes, 346;
White Cats, 354

Colour of Eyes, 96

Common Cold, 362

Common Round-worm, 361

“Concerning Cats,” by H. Winslow, 34

Condition, Importance of, 97

Conjunctivitis, 371

Connecticut Cat Fancy, 308

Constipation, 40, 360

Cope, Miss, on Silver Tabbies, 173

Cornea, Inflammation of the, 372

Corneitis, 372

Cougar, The, 322

Cough 362

Cowper, 11

Cox, Mrs. Carew, on Blue Short-hairs, 278;
on Siamese Cats, 266

Cream or Fawn Persians, 201;
Miss H. Cochran on, 205;
Colour Breeding, 348;
Mrs. D’Arcy Hildyard on, 204;
Markings, 201;
Mating, 204, 207;
Mr. Norris on, 203;
Noted Cats, 203;
Points, 201

Cremation, 32

Crested Cat, 350

Crossing (_see_ Breeding _and_ Mating)

Crystal Palace National Cat Club Shows, 27

Cusp of Tooth, 352

Cyprus Cat, 8, 216

D

Darwin, 152, 211

D’Aveunes, M. P., 13

Deafness, 118, 121

Dental Formula for Cat, 321

Dentition, 99

Detroit Cat Fancy, 313

Devil as Black Cat, 8

Diagrams: Bones and Principal Ligaments of Cat’s Toe, 352;
Brain of Cat, 350;
Eye, 356;
Pad of Cat’s Left Fore-foot, 352;
Points of Cat, 96;
Skeleton of Cat, 355;
Skull of Cat, 353;
Skull of Machœrodus Neogœus, 351;
Superficial Flexor Tendons of Cat’s Left Foot, 352;
Superficial Muscles of Cat, 354;
Surface of Cat’s Tongue, 357

Diana, Goddess, 6

Diarrhœa, 39, 42, 360;
in Enteritis, 358;
in Kittens, 46;
in Pneumonia, 363;
Rice-water to Check, 339

Dibdin, 13

Diet, 37, 39;
in Illness, 373

Diphtheria, 362

Diseases: of the Ear, 369;
Eye, 370;
Kidneys, 361;
Skin, 373

Disinfectants, 55

Distemper, 339, 362;
Curative Treatment, 368;
Diagnosis and Prognosis, 368;
Mortality from, 365;
Various Forms, 365

Distension of the Bladder, 361

Dogs’ Cemetery, 35

Drainage of Catteries, 51

Dublin Cats’ Home, 33

Dumas, 11

Dyer, Thistleton, 19

E

Ear: of Cat, 96;
Abyssinian Cat, 298;
Blue Short-hairs, 278;
Chinese Cats, 300;
Diseases, 369

Ear-bone of Cat, 350

Ear-Mites, 370

Ear tufts, 96;
in Chinchillas, 154;
Silver Tabbies, 172;
Smoke Persians, 178

Ectropium, 371

Eczema, 46, 375

Egypt, 1;
Animal Worship, 2;
Cat-faced Goddess, 3;
Earliest Cat Representations, 5;
Home for Cats, 35;
Mahommedan Cat Cult, 4;
Mummies, 2;
Old Cat Pictures, 5;
Modern Cats in, 34;
Symbolic Eye in Cat Images, 5

Egyptian Cat, 297

Electricity in Black Cats, 114

Ellen M. Gifford’s Sheltering Home for Animals, 34

Enemas, 360

Enteritis, 358;
Treatment for, 360

Entropium, 371

Epilepsy, 8

Evacuations in Illness, 45, 364

Exhibiting, 61

Eye: of Cat, 96, 344, 351;
Black Persian, 112, 116;
Blue Persian, 126;
Blue Short-hairs, 278;
Brown Tabby Persian, 216;
Chinchillas, 154;
Cream Persians, 201;
Colour Breeding, 345;
Diseases of the, 370;
in Distemper, 365, 367;
General Remarks, 373;
Horopollo on, 4;
Illustrated, 356;
in Judging, 74;
Kittens, 42, 338;
Maltese Cats, 320;
Manx Cats, 245;
Orange Persians, 189, 199;
Siamese Cats, 257, 267;
Silver Persians, 139, 166, 172, 174;
Smokes, 180, 183;
Tabby Short-hairs, 294;
Tortoiseshells, 210;
White Persians, 118;
White Short-hairs, 289

Eyelids, Diseases of the, 371

F

Face and Nose of Cat, 96

Faking, 66, 323

Fanciers, 27;
in America, 304;
“Any Other Class,” 234;
Blue Persian, 123;
Blue Short-hairs, 277;
Brown Tabby Persian, 217;
in California, 310;
in Canada, 315;
in Chicago, 309, 313;
in Detroit, 313;
Maine Cats, 330;
Manx Cats, 247;
Neuters, 240;
in New York, 306;
in Ohio, 314;
Orange Persians, 191;
Short-hairs, 285, 293;
Siamese Cats, 256, 258;
Silvers, 143, 168, 288;
Smokes, 180;
Tortoiseshell, 287;
White Persians, 119

Fawe Strain, 115

Feeding of Cats, 24, 37;
Utensils, 56

Feet of Cat, 353

_Felis_, Generic Title, 350

Female Cats, 38;
Eczema in, 375;
Splaying, 47, 237

“Field and Fancy”: on Brown Tabbies, 229;
on Orange Persians, 109;
on Smokes, 185

Fish as Food, 37;
for Kittens, 338

Fishing Cat, 351

Fistula of Eyelids, 371

Fits in Kittens, 46

Flea, The Cat, 44, 376;
Cause of Tapeworm, 361

Flooring for Cattery, 51

Folk-lore, 13, 114, 115

Follicular Mange, 374

Food, 37, 39, 373

Foreign Cats, 297;
Judging, 301

Fore-limb of Cat, 353

Forestier-Walker, Miss, on Siamese Cats, 257, 267

Fossil Cat Remains, 350

Foster-mother, 42, 157;
Dosing, 158;
for Siamese Kittens, 268;
Mr. Ward’s Artificial, 340

France, Cat in, 6;
on Signboards, 13

Freeman’s Scientific Food, 37

Frill of Persians, 178, 189

Fur of Cat, 7, 40;
Condition, 97;
in Exhibiting, 62;
in Illness, 45;
of Neuters, 47;
of Persians, 96, 98, 138

“Fur and Feather”: on Eyes, 141;
on Neuters, 239;
on Showing, 90;
on Siamese Cats, 256

G

Gall-bladder of Cat, 356

Gastritis, 358

Gastro-enteritis, 358

Gautier, Bon, 11

Gelded Cats, 237

Gelding, 47, 237

Geoffroy’s Cat, 297, 302

Geographical Distribution of Cat Family, 350

Gestation, 38

Gloss on Coat, 97

Goethe, 11

Gordon Cottage, 32

Gotwalts, Mrs., 307

Government Cats, 22

Gowanda, U.S., 304

Grass, Necessity of, 108

Great Britain, Cats in, 6

Greeks and Cats, 6

Grey Ringworm, 374

Graymalkin, 216

H

Hairless Cats, 298

Hana, 5

Hardy, Mrs. P.: Travelling Basket Designed by, 58;
on Treatment of Cats in Illness, 134

Hart Park, New Brighton, 307

Hawkins, Mrs., 232;
on Siamese Cats, 262

Hay as Bedding, 338

Heart of Cat, 356

Heating Cattery, 54

Heliopolis, 4

Heraldry, Cats in, 12

Herring, Mrs., 106

Hildyard, Mrs. D’Arcy, on Cream Persians, 204;
on Orange Persians, 198

Hind limb of Cat, 353

Homes for Stray and Starving Cats, 32;
Boarding, 35;
in Chicago, 313;
in Dublin, 33

Homing Instinct, 21

Hooker, Mrs. J. J., 330

Horseflesh, 24, 37

Hot-water Bottle, 39, 57

House, Mr. C. A.:
on Judging, 74;
on Silver Breeding, 143;
on Silver Tabbies, 175

Housing of Cats, 49

Howel the Good, 6

Hugo, Victor, 11

Hunt, Miss M., on White Persians, 121

Hyde Park, Dogs’ Cemetery, 35

I

Ice in Sickness, 358

Illness, Symptoms of, 44

In-breeding, 90, 156, 184, 341, 348

India: Domestic Cats, 298;
Fables of, 6

Indianapolis, 314

Inflammation of the Stomach, 358

Inoculation for Distemper, 368

Instinct, 21

Insurance, 66

Iris of Cat’s Eye, 370

Isle of Man, 245, 249

Isochromatic Plates in Photography, 336

Italy, 6

J

James, Mrs. H. V., on Blue Short-hairs, 276;
on Smokes, 180

Japan, 300;
Tailless Cats of, 246

Japanese Cats, 300

Jay, Miss, on Judging, 132

Jennings, Mr. J., on Classification, 99;
on Russian Cats, 275

Johnson, Dr., 11

Jones, Mr., Brown Tabbies of, 330

Judge, 180

Judging, 68;
in America, 317;
Blue Persians, 126, 131;
Blue Short-hairs, 277;
Foreign Cats, 301;
Mr. House on, 74;
Miss Jay on, 132;
Long-haired Classes, 71;
Mr. T. B. Mason on, 74;
Neuters, 242;
Points to Note, 70;
Self Colours, 72;
Siamese Cats, 265;
Silver Persians, 162;
Tabbies, 72, 295

Jung, Mr. H. E., 286

K

Katzen Family, 13

Kidneys, Diseases of the, 361

King, His Most Gracious Majesty the, 219, 240

King James of Scotland, 8

Kircher, A., 6

Kittens, 38, 40, 122, 175, 337;
Black Persian, 116;
Blue Persians, 110, 127, 345;
Blue Short-hairs, 276, 279;
Boarding-out System, 343;
Breeding, 340;
Brown Tabbies, 216, 225;
Chinchilla, 346;
Chinchilla Challenge Trophy, 151;
Cleanliness, 44, 340;
Colour Breeding, 345;
Danger of Damp to, 340;
Defective Digestion, 343;
Destruction of Sickly, 341;
Distemper, 367;
Eyes, 42, 370;
Feeding, 42, 158, 338, 339;
Foster-mothers, 268, 340;
Fur, 99;
Handling, 340;
Illness, 45;
Insects in, 44;
Maltese, 320;
Manx, 249;
Mismarked, 234;
Orange Persian, 190, 194, 199;
Outdoor Exercise, 339;
Pairs at Shows, 65;
Persian, 337;
Photographing, 333;
Purulent Ophthalmia, 372;
Sale of, 46, 343;
Selection, 91;
Show, Northern Club, 93;
Siamese, 257;
Silvers, 140, 155, 173;
Smokes, 179, 346;
Teeth, 352;
Treatment after Birth, 40, 337;
Weaning, 44, 159;
Weight, 339;
White Persian, 121

L

Label for Travelling Basket, 60

Labour, Treatment during, 41

Ladies Kennel Association, 93

Lady Decies’ Cattery, 101

Lambert, M. Eugène, 16

Landor, Mr., 88

Leake, Miss A., on Silver Tabbies, 170

Lebrun, Mme., 15

Leopard, The, 350

“Les Chats,” 5

Lesdiguières, Mme. de, 10

Lethal Boxes and Chambers, 19, 32, 343, 376

“Lettres sur les Chats,” 11

Lice, 361

Lignières, Prof., 368

Lime-water, 158, 339

Lion, The, 350, 351;
and Cat in Legend, 1;
Colour, 351

Liston, R., 11

Literature on Cats, 31

Litter Classes, 68

Little, Mr. R., on Black Persians, 117

Liver, of Cat, 356

Locke, Mrs. C., on White Persians, 123

London Institution, Camden Town, 32

Long-haired Cats, 98

Lord Mayor’s Chain, 216;
in Silver Tabbies, 170, 174

Louisville Cat Club, 27

Louvre, The, 5

Lusus, 6

Lynx, The, 322

M

Maau, 5

Machœrodus, 350

Maine Cats, 321, 325, 328;
Brown Tabbies, 328;
Fanciers, 330;
Neuters, 331;
Shows, 303

Male Cats, 47;
Training on Leads, 340

Maltese Cats, 275, 320;
Kittens, 320;
Markings, 20;
Points, 321

Mange, 374

Mange Mites, 361, 374

Manx Cat Club, 27, 30, 249

Manx Cats, 244;
Mr. G. Bolton on, 245;
Mr. H. C. Brooke on, 250;
Coat, 245;
Fanciers, 247;
Kittens, 249;
Mating, 250;
Origin, 251;
Points, 245, 250;
Types, 246;
Verses on, 252

Markings of Coats, 74, 319;
in Brown Tabbies, 228;
Maltese, 320;
Orange Persians, 187;
Short-hairs, 283, 288, 290, 295;
Siamese Cats, 257;
Silver Persians, 138, 165, 169

Martin, Mrs., on Silver Persians, 160

Mason, Mr. T. B.:
on Blue Persians, 127;
on Judging, 74;
on Short-hairs, 290

Maternal Instinct in Cat, 22

Mating, 38, 316;
“Any Other Colours,” 233;
Best Age for Queens, 109;
Black Persians, 112, 115;
Blue Persians, 107, 126;
Blue Short-hairs, 279;
Brown Tabbies, 228;
Chinchillas, 152, 160;
Cross-breeding, 334;
Diet during, 38;
Hints on, 91;
Manx Cats, 250;
Orange Persians, 190, 193;
Pedigree Cats, 152;
Short-hairs, 284, 288, 291, 294;
Siamese, 256, 258;
Silvers, 143, 144, 172, 175;
Smokes, 182;
Stud Cats, 47;
Stud Fees, 91;
Tortoiseshells, 209, 214, 295;
White Persians, 119

Maynard, Rev. R., on Silver Tabbies, 167

Meat, Raw, as Food, 37;
for Kittens, 338

Medal, Cat Club, 133

Medicine, 39, 135, 358;
Bromide, 38;
for Diarrhœa, 40;
for Show Cats, 67;
in Teething, 46;
Worm Powders, 38, 361

Meibomian Cysts, 371

Melox, 339

Melrose, Mass., Cattery, 306

Middle Ages, Cat Fables, 8, 10

Midland Counties Cat Club, 27, 29, 94

Milk, Condensed, 43, 338

Milk, Cows, 41, 158;
in Enteritis, 358;
for Kittens, 41, 338

Millerton, N.Y., 307

Milton, J., 14

Mind, Swiss Painter, 15

Mivart, G., 11

Mohr au Chat, 13

Moncrieff, 11

Montreal Cats’ Home, 34

Moon, Cat Emblem of, 4

Morgan, Mrs., 32

Morris Refuge for Homeless and Suffering Animals, 34

Morrison, Mrs. McLaren, 105

Mountain Lion, The, 322

Mouse in Arabian Legend, 1

Muezza, 10

Mummies, Cat, 1, 4;
Kitten, 3

Muscles of Cat, 355

N

Naples, 6

Nasal Catarrh, 362

Nasal Discharge, 362

National Cat Club, 26;
Championship Show, 94;
Classes, 27, 301;
Manx Cat Judging, 251;
Objects in View, 27;
Register, 78;
Registration, 29, 62;
Stud Book, 27;
Varieties recognised by, 63

Neate, Mrs., on Orange Persians, 195

Neck of Cat, 96;
Neck Bones, 352

Neuter Cats, 47, 237;
in America, 331;
Miss H. Cochran on, 239;
Fanciers, 240;
Persian, 47, 127;
Points, 238, 242;
Ring Class at Richmond Show, 68;
Short-haired, 241;
Showing, 83;
Training, 340

New York:
Cat Fancy, 35, 306;
First Show, 303

Nield, Mrs., on Silver Persians, 155

Nine, Number, 19

Normal Temperature of Cat, 356

Norris, Mr. F., on Cream Persians, 203

Northern Counties Cat Club, The, 26, 29;
Kitten Show, 93

Norton, Mrs. L., Cats’ Refuge, 34

Nunneries, Cats in, 10

Nursery Rhymes, 14

O

Ocelot, The, 297, 302, 322;
Colour, 321

Ohio, Cat Fancy, 314

Old Deer Park, Richmond, 67

Old Fort Cattery, 305

Old and New London, 13

Ophthalmia, 371;
External, 372

Opiates, 359, 360

Orange and Cream Cat Club, 199

Orange, Cream, Fawn, and Tortoiseshell Society, 26, 30, 188

Orange Persians, 187;
Colour Breeding, 196, 348;
Fanciers, 191;
Mrs. D’Arcy Hildyard on, 198;
Markings, 187, 193;
Mating, 190, 193, 196, 198;
Mrs. Neate on, 195;
Points, 188;
Mrs. Vidal on, 192

Orange-and-White Persians, 233

Orange Tabby Short-hairs, 291;
Mating, 294

Origin of Cat, 1

Ottolengui, Dr., 305

“Our Cats,” Serial, 17;
on Classification of Short-hairs, 285;
First Number, 31;
on Manx Cats, 247

“Our Cats,” Work by H. Weir, 16

Outdoor Exercise for Kittens, 339

Owena Cattery, 313

P

Pacific Cat Club, 27

Pads on Cat’s Foot, 353

Painless Destruction of Cats, 376

Pampas Cats, 323

Parasites, External, 376;
Internal, 361

Parasitic Canker, 370

Pasht, 3

Patent Foods for Cats, 37, 45, 131, 339

Paw of Cat, 97

Pedigree Cats, 27;
Mating of, 152, 175, 340

Peluse, 5

Pennant, on Wild Cats, 7

Pens, Sleeping:
in Cattery, 51;
in Shows, 65

Persian Cats, 98;
in America, 325;
Breeding of Kittens, 340;
at Cat Club Shows, 95;
Coats, 37, 99, 340;
Colour of Eyes, 112;
Ear tufts, 96, 154, 172, 178;
Imported, 113;
In-breeding, 99;
Photographing, 333;
Rearing Kittens, 337;
Sensitiveness to Damp, 340;
Showing, 62, 76, 100;
Tail, 97;
Toe tufts, 97

Pets, Neuters as, 48

Pettit, Mrs., on White Persians, 122

Philadelphia Cats’ Home, 34

Phisalix, Dr., 368

Phthisis, 363

Pierce, Mrs. E. R., on Maine Cats, 325

Pioneer Cattery, Toronto, 315

Pittsburg Cattery, 304

Plasmon Powder, 135

Pleurisy, 363

Plica Semilunaris in Cat’s Eye, 357

Plutarch, 4

Pneumonia, 45, 363

Points of Cat, 97, 333;
in Selecting Stud Cats, 341

Popular Superstitions, 13

Portable Hutch, 56

Portier, Mme., 68

Pottsdown Cattery, 307

Prizes at Shows, 28, 79, 85;
Special, 76

Pulse of Cat, 356

Puma, The, 350

Purulent Ophthalmia of the New-born, 372

Q

Queen, Her Most Gracious Majesty the, 32, 240

Queens, 38;
Feeding, 42;
Handling, 39;
in Season, 38;
Selection of Stud Cat, 340;
Visiting, 39, 91

Quinine Sulphate, 362

R

Rail, Cats Travelling by, 66

Raphael of Cats, The, 15

Raw Meat for Kittens, 338

Red-spotted Cat of India, 350

Red Tabby Cats, 194, 288

Red Tortoiseshell Persians, 208

Registration:
Cat Club, 29;
National Cat Club, 27, 62;
at Shows, 78

Repplier, Miss A., 24

Ribs of Cat, 352

Rice, 37, 339

Rice-water, 339

Richelieu, Cardinal, 10

Ridgefield Cattery, 306

Ring, Judging in, 70;
Ring Class National Cat Club Shows, 83

Ringworm, 374

Robinson, Mrs. C., on Siamese Cats, 259

Romans and Cats, 6

Ronner, Mme. H., 16

Roper, Dr., on Black Persians, 115

Russia, 279

Russian Cats, 279

S

Sable Cat, 347

St. John, Festival of, 8

Salubrene, 55

Salvo, 31;
Worm Powders, 38

Sancho, an Old Friend, 36

Sandy Show, 92

Sanskrit Writings, 1

Santonin, 361

Saratoga Cattery, 305

Sarcoptic Mange, 374

Scott, Sir W., 11

Scottish Cat Club, 27, 29;
Annual Show, 94

Sectorial Tooth, 352

Selection in Breeding, 152, 340

Self Blues, 125, 137

Self Silvers, 137, 161

Serval, The, 351

Sessa, M., 13

Shaded Silvers, 137, 161

Shakespeare, W., 11

Shelley, P. B., 11

Short-haired Cat Club, The, 26

Short-haired Cat Society, The, 275

Short-haired Cats, 17, 98, 274;
in America, 286, 321;
Black, 289;
Blue, 288;
Blue, in America, 321;
Mrs. Bonny on, 285;
Broken Colours, 282;
Brown Tabby, 288, 294;
Clubs for, 30;
Coat, 282;
Fanciers, 274, 285, 293;
Judging, 295;
Mr. Jung on, 286;
Mr. T. B. Mason on, 290;
Markings, 283;
Mating, 284, 291;
Neuters, 241;
Points, 282;
Red Tabby, 288;
Russian Blues, 291;
Showing, 62;
Silver Tabby, 287;
Spotted Tabby, 284;
Tabby, 291, 294;
Tortoiseshell, 284, 295;
H. Weir on, 285;
White, 289

Shoulder and Fore arm of Cat, 96

Showing, 97, 116, 129;
in America, 324

Shows, 25, 67, 85;
Abyssinian Cats at, 301;
in America, 304, 319, 327;
“A.O.C.” Class, 233;
Bedding at, 80;
Best Time for Persians, 76;
blood-poisoning Persian Classes, 112;
California, 316;
Chinchilla Class, 137;
Classification, 64, 78, 169, 188;
Cleveland, U.S., 314;
Connecticut, 308;
Crystal Palace (1871), 17;
Danger of Distemper, 364;
Despatch of Prizes, 85;
Disqualifications, 66;
Entries and Fees, 64, 65;
“Faking” for, 66;
Feeding at, 66, 81;
Financial Aspect of, 86, 90;
Foreign Cats, 301;
Illness at, 81;
Judging Books, 82;
Kittens, Litter Classes, 65;
Local, 92;
Management, 75;
Mixed, 75;
Naming of Cats, 63;
National Cat Club, 27, 94;
Neuters, 237;
New York, 304;
Ohio, 314;
Open Judging, 84;
Pedigree Particulars, 63;
Penning, 80;
Persians, 100;
Prize Tickets, 80;
Registration, 78;
Sales, 84;
Selling Classes, 82;
Shaded Silver Class, 161;
Short-haired Cats, 274, 285, 290;
Silver Persians, 142, 162;
Smoke Persians, 178;
Special Prizes, 76;
Specialist Societies and, 76;
Training Exhibits for, 61, 62;
“Variety” Class, 231;
Various, 28;
Veterinary Surgeon at, 81

Siam, 257;
Chocolate Cat of, 256;
Common Cat of, 264;
Royal Cat of, 254

Siamese Cat Club, The, 26, 30, 255, 259

Siamese Cats, 254, 271;
in America, 271;
Miss Armitage on, 260;
Breeding, 272;
Lady Marcus Beresford on, 261;
Mrs. Parker Brough on, 263;
Chocolate Colour, 256;
Miss Cochran on, 265;
Mrs. Carew Cox on, 266;
Delicacy, 254;
Eyes, 272;
Fanciers, 256, 258;
Feeding, 264;
Fighting Propensities, 272;
Freaks, 272;
Mrs. Hawkins on, 262;
Judging, 265;
Kittens, 257, 268;
Legends, 257, 260;
Markings, 257;
Mating, 256, 258, 262;
Origin of Title “Royal,” 259;
Points, 255, 259, 265;
Recognised Varieties, 266;
Mrs. C. Robinson on, 259;
Mrs. Spencer on, 261;
Superstitions, 268;
Throat Complaints, 269;
Voice, 254, 272;
Miss Forestier-Walker on, 257, 267

Signboards, Cat on, 13

“Silver Lambkin” Challenge Trophy, 151

Silver Persians, 137, 161;
Coats, 140;
Fanciers, 143;
Kittens, 139, 158;
Markings, 138;
Mrs. Martin on, 160;
Mating, 143;
Mrs. Nield on, 155;
Points, 137, 141;
Queens, 157;
Specialist Club, 30;
Mrs. Wellbye on, 160

Silver and Smoke Persian Cat Society, 26, 30, 143, 151

Silver Society, 141, 151;
Smokes Defined by, 182

Silver Tabby Persians, 165;
Colour, 170;
Miss Cope on, 163;
Fanciers, 168;
Mr. House on, 175;
In-breeding, 348;
Miss Leake on, 170;
Mating, 172, 175;
Points, 162, 166, 170, 174;
H. Weir on, 165

Silver Tabby Short-haired Cats, 287, 291;
Fanciers, 288

Sinkins, Mrs., on Smoke Persians, 187

Sires, Choice of, 38

Skeleton of Cat, 351;
Diagram, 355

“Skellingthorpe Patrick,” 345

Skin, Diseases of the, 373

Skull of Cat, 96, 351, 353

Sleeping Boxes, 52

Smoke Persians, 178;
in America, 184;
Colour Breeding, 346;
Eyes, 180, 183, 346;
Fanciers, 180;
“Field and Fancy” on, 185;
Mrs. H. V. James on, 180;
Kittens, 346;
Markings, 346;
Mating, 179, 182, 184, 346;
Points, 178, 180, 182;
Mrs. Sinkins on, 184;
Mrs. Stead on, 185

Snow Leopard, The, 351

Soda-water, 258

Somatose, 135

Soul of Animals, 36

South American Dwarf Cats, 300

Southdown Cats, 186

Specialist Clubs, 30;
and Midland Counties Cat Club, 94;
and Shows, 76

Specialists, Veterinary, 31

Spencer, Mrs., on Siamese Cats, 261

Speos, 3

Splaying, 47, 237

Sporting Instinct, 22

Spratt’s Biscuits, 37

Staphyloma, 373

Statuary, 13

Stead, Mrs., on Smoke Persians, 185

Sternum of Cat, 353

Stewart, Mrs. Mackenzie, 104

Stomach of Cat, 351

Stray Cats, Homes for, 32

Structure of Cat, 350, 351

Stud Cats, 47, 109;
in America, 30, 305;
Blue Persians, 125, 130;
Chinchillas, 148;
Fees for, 47, 91;
Food, 47;
Mating, 47;
Orange Persians, 191, 193;
at Shows, 84;
Siamese, 258, 265;
Silver Persians, 144, 168;
Tortoiseshell, 284;
White Persians, 122

Sulphate of Iron, 196

Sun, Need of, for Health, 49, 342

Superficial Flexor Tendons, 352

Superficial Muscles of Cat, 354

Superstitions, 144

Surface of Cat’s Tongue, 357

Swinburne, 11

Syringing Nasal Passages, 362

T

Tabby Cat, 2, 215;
Harrison Weir on, 216

Tabby Persians, 165;
Colour Breeding, 347

Tabby Short-haired Cats, 291;
Colour Breeding, 349;
Mating, 294

Tabby and White Persians, 233

Tags, 331

Tail or Brush, 97;
in Eastern Cats, 245;
Siamese Cats, 254, 257, 264, 266;
Silver Persians, 172, 174;
Smoke Persians, 178;
Terminal Bones in, 352

Tailless Cats, 245

Tapeworm, 361

Tarsal Bones of Cat, 354

Taxation of Cats, 19

Techau, 5

Teeth of Cat, 350;
as Guide to Age, 99;
of Kittens, 352

Terminal Bones of Cat’s Foot, 353

Thebes, 3;
Paintings, 5

Thomas, Mrs. G., 330

Tiger, The, 350, 351

Tiger Cat, 219

Toe tufts, 97;
in Blue Persians, 126;
in Chinchillas, 154;
in White Persians, 118

Toes of Cat, 350

Tongue of Cat, 351, 355;
Diagram, 357

Tortoiseshell Persians, 208, 211;
Miss M. Beal on, 210;
Colour Breeding, 345, 349;
Mating, 209, 211;
Points, 209, 210;
Scarcity of Males, 209

Tortoiseshell Short-haired Cats, 287;
Fanciers, 287;
Markings, 295;
Mating, 295

Tortoiseshell-and-White Persians, 212;
Mating, 214

Tortoiseshell-and-White Short-haired Cats, 295

“Touch not the cat, but the glove,” 13

Travelling Baskets, 38, 58, 65

Trichiasis, 371

Trick Training, 24

True Canker, 369

“Twenty Lookes over all the Roundheads of the World,” 8

U

Undigested Food, 46, 360

Unreasonable Buyers, 89

Urine, Incontinence of, 361

V

Vegetables as Food, 37

Ventilation, 52, 338

Vertebræ of Cat, 352

Veterinary Surgeon at Shows, 80

Victoria, H. R. H., Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, 27, 105, 119, 151

Vidal, Mrs. G. H., on Orange Persians, 192

Vomiting, 358

W

Wain, Louis, 16;
on Eyes, 167;
on Neuters, 242

Walker, Mrs. G. H., 159

Ward, Mr., 31;
Artificial Foster-mother, 42, 340;
Lethal Box, 56

Washing Cats, 37, 124

Water, 37

Waterfowl, 5

Weaning Kittens, 159

Weir, Harrison, 10;
on Angoras, 98;
on Black Cats, 114;
on Blue Persians, 128;
on Cat Proverbs, 15;
on Curious Markings, 233;
“Our Cats,” by, 16;
President N.C.C., 26;
on Russian Cats, 275;
on Short-hairs, 284, 285;
on Siamese Cats, 272;
on Silver Tabbies, 165;
on “Tabby Cat,” 216;
on Tortoiseshell-and-White Persians, 213

Wellbye, Mrs., on Silver Persians, 160

Westlake, Mrs., on White Persians, 123

Whately, Archbishop, 18

White Persians, 118;
in America, 304;
Breeding, 344;
Cleaning Coat, 124;
Deafness, 123;
Fanciers, 119;
Miss M. Hunt on, 121;
Kittens, 121;
Mrs. C. Locke on, 123;
Mrs. Westlake on, 123

White and Black Persians, 233

White Short-haired Cats 289

Whitney, Miss, on Brown Tabbies, 224

Whiskers, of Cat, 97;
of Silver Tabbies, 172, 174

Wild Cats, 7, 13;
in America, 322;
Anatomy of, 100;
European, 297

Winslow, Miss H., 34

Wire Netting, 108

Witchcraft, 8, 19

Worcester, Mass., Cattery, 306

Wordsworth, W., 11

Worms, 38;
Gastritis caused by, 358;
in Kittens, 44;
Medicines, 361;
in Siamese Cats, 268;
Treatment, 361;
Vomiting caused by, 358

Y

Yellow Ringworm, 375

Z

“Zaida,” 102, 144

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