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The Cat In Ancient Times

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Day
29
Month
April
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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The cat was very aighly regarded In England at one time, both as a rat and mouse catcher, and as au ornament to society. The ancient Egyptians treated cats with gre'at distinctlon. It was a crime to kill them. The most prominent cats were upon death embalmed in drugs and spices, and cat mummies have been found side by side with those of klngs. When Cambyses, the Persian, attacked the Egyptian city of Pelusia, he cunningly provided his soldiers with cats instead of shields. When the host advanced, the Egyptians retired in confusiĆ³n upon discovering that they would be unable to do damage to their enemy without seriously imperiling the lives of vast numbers of cats. And so the city was taken easily. It cannot be disputed that the ancient Egyptian cats must have enjoyed Hfe very naoi.

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