I'd never seen such cats, except in a few rare instances.
Big, handsome silky things, friendly with everyone and devotedly attached to their special owners.
"You must have a heartbreaking time drowning kittens," we suggested.

But they said, "Oh, no! You see we care for them as you do for your valuable cattle.

The fathers are few compared to the mothers, just a few very fine ones in each town; they live quite happily in walled gardens and the houses of their friends.

But they only have a mating season once a year." "Rather hard on Thomas, isn't it ?" suggested Terry.
"Oh, no--truly! You see, it is many centuries that we have been breeding the kind of cats we wanted.

They are healthy and happy and friendly, as you see.