Cats
was ‘as round as an apple’ to quote one of England’s prominent experimental breeders, the
late B. A. Stirling-Webb. The taxidermist’s work showed a large cat of strictly ‘domestic’
type. "
There are many theories about the origin of the Siamese. The Seal Point Siamese was known
as the Royal Cat of Siam because it was found in palaces. It seems to have been familiar in
the ancient Siam city of Ayudha which was founded in 1350 and was Siam's capital until
destroyed by fire during the Burmese invasion of 1767. In Bangkok's National Library there
are manuscripts from Ayudha which describe native fauna. "The Cat Book of Poems" depicts
pale coated Seal Point Siamese, describing them as having black tails, feet and ears with
white hair and blue eyes. No one really knows what the cats of ancient Siam looked like or
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