WHERE PUSS WAS VENERATED
many people who possess a pet cat know that without its assistance it would bo exceedingly difficult to raise or store food in the grain-pro-ducing countries, as rats and mice multiply with such rapidity that they would devour not only grain in the fields, but the grain in mills and elevators?
The Egyptians, who lived in whntwas called the "granary of the world," are said to have recognised the value of the cat at an early date. It was carefully protected, and even reverenced. Temples were erected to the cat, and the members of the household shaved off their eyebrows as a sign of mourning when the cat died, and its mummified remains are found along with those of princes and priests. It is said that the cat is without affection, but in spite of this it has long; been a cherished companion of m:ankind.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22961, 12 February 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)
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149WHERE PUSS WAS VENERATED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22961, 12 February 1938, Page 6 (Supplement)
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