Cats
It has long, silky hair
and hanging ears, like those of a badger. Its flesh is highly esteemed by the inhabitants of the
Celestial Empire. As with the dog, it is treated with great solicitude by feeders and fatteners
of this country and when it is fattened, it appears alongside swallows' nests on well-served
tables. " As a side-note, in 1926, Siamese cat fancier Lilian J Veley remained adamant that
Siamese cats were not merely a form of domestic cat, but resembled an unknown type of
viverrine that lived in the region (the most likely contender again being the Yellow Throated
Marten) in their sable-and-dun colour and "marten-like" face! Maybe "Sumxu" and "Siam"
sounded similar to her ears.
The Chinese, or Hanging Ear, Cat according to "Die Hauskatze, ihre Rassen und Varietäten"
(Housecats, Their Races and Varieties) from "Illustriertes Katzenbuch" (An Illustrated Book
of Cats) written and illustrated by Jean Bungartz, published in Berlin in 1896 (There is no
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