in a curiously constructed hole, sleek and plump, but as wild as a young tiger, and would allow no one to touch it.  A few days afterwards, the mother finding, perhaps, that her own daily journeys were rather fatiguing, or thinking it was time that the object of her solicitude should be introduced into the world, or, probably, that the kitten had attained an age when it could protect itself, she took advantage of a dark and silent night, when cat-worrying dogs and boys were reposing, to convey it safely to Truro, where tabby and her kitten found a welcome reception.

“Though from bad education the cat and dog are generally the most determined enemies, some instances have occurred of the greatest friendship subsisting between these animals.  Here is an instance recorded by a French author on the Language of Brutes.

“I had a cat and dog, which became so attached to each other, that they would never willingly be asunder.  Whenever the dog got any choice morsel of food, he was sure to divide it with his whiskered friend.  They always ate sociably out of one plate, slept in the same bed, and daily walked out together.  Wishing to put this apparently sincere friendship to the proof, I, one day, took the cat by herself into my room, while I had the dog guarded in another apartment.  I entertained the cat in a most sumptuous manner, being desirous to see what sort of a meal she would make without her friend, who had hitherto been her constant table companion.  The cat enjoyed the treat with great glee, and seemed to have entirely forgotten the dog.  I had had a partridge for dinner, half of which I intended to keep for supper.  My wife covered it with a plate, and put it into a cupboard, the door of which she did not lock.  The cat left the room, and I walked out upon business.  My wife, meanwhile, sat at work in an adjoining apartment.  When I returned home, she related to me the following circumstances:—­The cat, having hastily left the dining room, went to the dog, and mewed uncommonly loud, and in different tones of voice; which the dog, from time to time, answered with a short bark.  They both then went to the door of the room where the cat had dined, and waited till it was opened.  One of my children opened the door, and immediately the two friends entered the apartment.  The mewing of the cat excited my wife’s attention.  She rose from her seat, and stepped softly up to the door, which stood ajar, to observe what was going on.  The cat led the dog to the cupboard which contained the partridge, pushed off the plate which covered it, and, taking out my intended supper, laid it before her canine friend, who devoured it greedily.  Probably the cat, by her mewing, had given the dog to understand what an excellent meal she had made, and how sorry she was that he had not participated in it; but, at the same time, had explained to him that something was left for him in the cupboard, and persuaded him to follow her thither.  Since that time I have paid particular attention to these animals, and am perfectly convinced that they communicate to each other whatever seems interesting.”