_Tailless Cats_ (Vol. ix., p. 10.).--In my visits to the Isle of Man, I
have frequently met with {112} specimens of the tailless cats referred
to by your correspondent SHIRLEY HIBBERD. In the pure breed there is not
the slightest vestige of a tail, and in the case of any intermixture
with the species possessing the usual caudal appendage, the tail of
their offspring, like the witch's "sark," as recorded by honest Tam o'
Shanter,
"In longitude is sorely scanty."
In fact, it terminates abruptly at the length of a few inches, as if
amputated, having altogether a very ludicrous appearance.