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( Bot.) See NEPETA. Cats/kill, in New York, the beautiful capital of Greene co., on the W. bank of the Hudson river, 34 m. below Albany, and 111 above New York. Pop. (1897) abt. 5,500. Cat skill Creek, in the E. part of New York, Greene co., falls into the Hudson River at Cat skill. Cat skill Mountains, in New York , a group of the Appal a chi an chain, lying mostly in Greene co., on the W. side of the Hudson River. The geological structurel of these mountain ranges is almost a repetition of the main Alleghany ridge throughout Pennsylvania; but it differs from it in a uming more of the alpine character of peaks considerably elevated above the general summits. The chief interest of the C. M. lies in the variety and beauty of their scenery and water-falls. The loftiest points (Prof. Guyot, 1880), are Slide Mt., 4,205 ft.; Hunter, 4,038 ft. Black Dome, 4,003 ft.; High Peak, 3,664 ft.; Utsyantha, 3,205 ft., and Overlook, 3,150 ft. above tide-water; and on a third eminence, a terrace of 2,500 feet above the same level, are large hotels, affording favorite retreats in summer. Cat's-paw, n . A dupe; a tool; the instrument which another uses to accomplish his purposes; (derived from the story of the monkey which used the paw of the cat to draw the roasting chestnuts out of the fire.) (Naut.) A hitch made in a rope. - A light breeze. Cat Spring, in Tezas , a post-village of Austin co., 90 m. E.S.E. of Austin City.