female cat is designated for that denot<strong>in</strong>gthe female dog, he would have beencxcluded not only liom " catt1-" butIrom polite society. " But," he rvastold, " they do it <strong>in</strong> U.S.A." The Americansare great people but while onlookerwas cogitat<strong>in</strong>g over reasons for imitat<strong>in</strong>gthem, he went to sleep and dreamed <strong>of</strong>S.P. Siamese with bodies <strong>of</strong> golden sovereignsand B.P. Siamese made <strong>of</strong> silverclollars, which suggested not only a clueto the matter br,rt the solution ol' thcproblem.Owners and bleeders ol'cats that maynot be registered should cease to worry.Let them exhibit at pirate shows ancltake full page advertisements <strong>in</strong> all thr:English and American cat magaz<strong>in</strong>eslor :SYNTHETIC SIAMESEGenetics has shown how to produceSiamese, Abyss<strong>in</strong>ian, Burmese. <strong>Russian</strong>and other cats with show qualitiesequal 10, or belter than. rhe socalled" pure-bred " at HALF THEPRICE. Buy one <strong>of</strong> these.If they did this they miglrt soon bepay<strong>in</strong>g super tax while the pure breederswere " go<strong>in</strong>g to the dogs " to repair theirlortunes.Onlooker.(Fu11 name and address supplied).fhc patient was placed near an openw<strong>in</strong>dow, wrapped <strong>in</strong> blankets with a hotrvatcl bottle. As he recovered he.becamt:rathcr rvild, jump<strong>in</strong>g up and stagger<strong>in</strong>gaga<strong>in</strong>st the electric firr:. Wc never leithim lbr a moment, <strong>of</strong> iourse, and48 hours alterwards he was quite himselfaga<strong>in</strong>, though it took ten days or solrelore rhe shock to wear righr <strong>of</strong>f.Miss A. Isambard-Owen,Abersoch, Prvllheli, N. Wales.About that letter you werego<strong>in</strong>g to send us. Why not sitdown and write it NOW ?Correspondence Corner isYOUR feature. Please helpto keep it <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>of</strong>value to other cat lovers.n lhotetStnmeeeTREATMENT FOR COLLAPSEI recently had an experience rvith mr.copper-coloured Shamash rvhich I rvouldlike to relate by way <strong>of</strong> warn<strong>in</strong>g to vourreaders.Shamash collapscd twcntv m<strong>in</strong>Lrtesafter the vet. had given him streptomyc<strong>in</strong>for a rise o[temperature. At the time<strong>of</strong>the <strong>in</strong>jection he was ruirn<strong>in</strong>g about andwash<strong>in</strong>g himsell' but half-an-1iour. laterhe was <strong>in</strong> a coma and a seem<strong>in</strong>gly dy<strong>in</strong>gcondition, l{e recovered slowly thanksto adrenal<strong>in</strong>, <strong>in</strong>jected at once, thenether/camphor, also brandy given <strong>in</strong> apipette and 5-m<strong>in</strong>ute feed<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> glucoseand lvarm water (also liont a pipettc)lbr one hclur, then ten-rn<strong>in</strong>ute l'ecd<strong>in</strong>gsand so on until recovery.Tel.At LOW KNAP Siamese <strong>Cats</strong>are boarded <strong>in</strong> ideal conditionsand looked after by Dr. andMrs. Francis who love andunderstand them.Str<strong>in</strong>gent precautions are takenaga<strong>in</strong>st the possible <strong>in</strong>troduction<strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>fectious disease and no catcan be accepted without ourown Certificate <strong>of</strong> Health.signed by the owner.Photographs and d€tailed ProspectusfromDR. and MRS. FRANCISLOW KNAP, HALSTOCK,NT. YEOVIL. SOMERSET.250.24
Siannese <strong>in</strong> 1798By SIDNEY I)ENHAM, F.Z.S.tT HL authentic histc'ry ol'I Siamese cats given <strong>in</strong> mostI books on them beg<strong>in</strong>s rr'iththeir importation to Brita<strong>in</strong> directfrom Siam <strong>in</strong> 1884. But it seemsthat there u'ere Siamese cats or atleast three Siamese cats <strong>in</strong> EuroPebefore that date. In a rather rarebut classic travel book called" Travels Through the SouthernProv<strong>in</strong>ces <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Russian</strong> EmPire<strong>in</strong> the Years 1793-179+"' bY P. S.Pallas, there is a descriPtion <strong>of</strong>aca\ together with a colouredplate, that he came across nearihe Caspian Sea, a cat which isunmistai