Cats
three. A few years ago there was a pair of these cats in the Zoological Gardens at Bangkok,
but they were very poor specimens. […] The first specimens were brought to England about
twenty-five or thirty years ago, and Mr Harrison Weir says that among those who possessed
them were Lady Dorothy Nevill, whose cats were 'imported and presented by Sir R Herbert of
the Colonial Office. The late Duke of Wellington imported the breed, also Mr Scott of
Rotherfield.' "
Mrs Parker Brough wrote "Until recently the Siamese was but little known in Europe, but
occasionally was to be found in the various zoological gardens. At present there is a fine
female specimen to be seen at the Zoo at Frankfort-on-the-Main, having been purchased
from the King of Roumania. One or two are to be seen at the Hague. London has the first one
it has had for six years, but it is not shown owing to its want of condition. […] A point on
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