My cat Greysy deserted her 2^nd kitten Bullsig when it was a month old, I suppose because she had no milk, as it was always thin & she neglected it so that we heard its remarkably loud mews from the cellar over the house. Bullsig always wished to play with his mother whilst she hated & repulsed him; till the night before her confinement when she let him get into the basket prepared for her & touzle her as much as he liked, though he didn’t try to suck her. We saved the kitten she had next day & ever after he used to suck her & stay in the basket at the same time with his younger brother. She was now a very good mother, & kept them very fat.—

My kitten Miss Legge I took from its mother when she was a month old & cd not eat meat, so that it was a great deprivation. At Hartfield where we were,² there was an old cat & kittens & about 2 days after we got there she adopted this cat & sucked it with the others. She had this mother for a fortnight & then nearly 3 weeks interval till we came to Shanklin where there were two old cats giving milk & 3 kittens.³ She took to both these cats & played with the kittens. One day I observed her snowzling in the stomach of the kittens, & constantly beginning to purr as soon as she thought she had found the tit. She did not leave off till its whole stomach was quite wet.—

our Ilkley⁴ cat used to suck its own stomach when it was happy just like a child does its thumb. It did it a great part of the day, & used to purr over it as if it was so good.—