CAT

It is believed that this quadruped was originally domesticated in Egypt. It was seldom kept by the Greeks and Romans, and rare in Europe until long after the Christian era. Among the various breeds are the tail-le cat of the Isle of Man and of the Crimea, the Angora or Persian, and the blue or Car thus i an cat. The wild A cat exists mummy still in Scotland and parts of Europe. cargo of cats was brought to Liverpool from Egypt in 1890, and included 180,000 mummies, weighing about 20 tons. They came from the cat cemetery at Beni Ha an, and sold very briskly. ‘Heads’ went for 4s. 6d. each, and ‘bodies’ (without heads) for 5s. 6d.