•., Did.you ever see an old cat (the animal)? An old, rheumatic, palsied, blind, grey-wlidskered dog is no uncommon sight; but the cat, Tom or Julia, which is his contemporary, shows none of these marks-..0f the cruel hand of time.. It is . true V that a. grandmother cat has, acquired dignity, but she is just ae lithe nnd successful in her mouse-catching as she was in her oallow days. The scars of battle may bo on an old cat, but.theso cannot bo called signs of ago. Think it over and ask yourself if you' ever 'saw an old cat. Thd skull of a horse has just reached Mr R. I. Pocock, F.lt.S., curator ofl mammals to "the Zoological Society in Regent's Park, Ixmdon, which gives rise to some queer questions. On nia frontal bone, just behind the- eyes, two bony lumps havo formed which are exactly like the- beginnings of horns. They balance perfectly, and are in just the right place.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17633, 9 December 1922, Page 5
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