CATS AND SWALLOWS.
rro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Some of your readers may be interested in this incident, which happened recently. We took our two cats into a field above our garden one evening, a door led from the garden into the field ; they followed us like dogs. There were a great many swallows flying about, I suppose young birds and their parents. Suddenly one flew down close to the older cat and screamed at it, flying as suddenly away again. The old cat did not like this, and made a few steps towards the door, which was some way off. Down came the bird again and screamed again within a couple of inches of the cat's face. This was too much, and the cat flew to the door and sat there much agitated, when down swooped the bird again close, and yelled again at the cat, and over the cat went into the garden. We were left laughing and wondering, and the other cat much interested, when down came the swallow again and gave the scream as before into the cat's face. This cat put out her paw and then fled over the door into the garden with no hesi- tation, and the swallows were left in possession of the field. We tried the next evening to induce one of the cats to follow us into that field, but she refused, she evidently thought it too
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