7 FEBRUARY 1891, Page 18

CATS' INTELLIGENCE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.".I Sin,—My mother used to tell a story of an old cat who used to sit on the table beside her mother's old housekeeper, and play with her cotton-balls (reels were not in those days). It was a common custom to stick pins or needles in thesecotton- balls if a pincushion was not at band. This cat, finding her- self pricked by the needles when playing with these halls, used to draw them out first with her teeth in order to play with comfort. If people would treat cats as they do dogs, and study them as much, they would be repaid by the amount of intelligence and sagacity shown.—I am, Sir, &e., SALF.