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Identifier: firesidesphinx00repp (find matches)
Title: The fireside sphinx
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950
Subjects: Cats
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and co.
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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CHAPTER VIIISOME CATS OF FRANCE Ella jouait avec sa chatte;Et cetait merveille de voirLa main blanche et la blanche patteS ebattre dans Iombre du soir. IN the year 1865 ay2/^^<^<?/<^2^ of Fontainebleau,from whom several householders had demandedlegal protection for their cats, pronounced thisadmirable judgment. That the domestic cat is not a thing of naught,but the property of its master, and, as such, entitledto the shelter of the law; That the utility of the cat as a destroyer ofmischievous rodents being indisputable, equity de-mands the extension of indulgence to an animalwhich the law tolerates and protects; i8o THE FIRESIDE SPHINX That even the domestic cat is of a mixed nature;that is to say, a creature which is partly wild, andwhich must ever remain so, by reason of its destinyand purpose. The decision further asserts that no citizen isjustified in taking the life of a neighbours cat, be-cause of any depredations it may have committed;but the interesting clause is that

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