30 DECEMBER 1911, Page 18

AN ENGLISH CAT.

[TO TER EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—Patriotism forbids me to allow any superior intelligence tothe American cat. Some few years ago I possessed a very delightful black cat, whom I used to lower in an ordinary workman's tool basket attached to a string from the first floor into the small garden, which then existed behind this house. When he wished to return he would get into the basket, nestle down, and be drawn up again. This performance used to give great entertainment to my friends and also—mine being a corner house—to the public, who occasionally gathered in considerable numbers to watch it.—I am, Sir, &c.,

W. VAITX GRAHAM.

5 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster.