4 JULY 1896, Page 23

A CORRECTION.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the Spectator of June 20th I find it stated (p. SG)) that "cats never bathe." Many years ago at the Surrey Zoological Gardens I saw a cat which shared the den of a lioness leap out between the bars and rush more than once into the little lake. The weather was hot, and she went 'evidently for a cool bath, and then returned to her august