Cats
the bones of the tail". Joseph Train had also mentioned th Malayan cats, comparing them with
the Manx: "The Manks rumpy resembles some what in appearance the cats said by Sir
Stamford Raffles to be peculiar to the Malayan Archipelago." Sir Stamford Raffles' name is
closely associated with Singapore.
HC Brooke reported seeing three spotted tabby Malay cats in Holland in the 1880s and some
very similar specimens at the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris around the same time. "The tails
of these [Paris] cats, about three or four inches long, were tightly screwed, or at least the tail
formed three complete revolutions. The 'screw' tail, as also the spotted type of colouration,
appear to be becoming very rare." In 1889, Mr O Gould had apparently taken four Siamese to
Ceylon and soon Ceylon was "overspread" with their progeny, known as "Gould's Cats" and
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