The Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management, credited to Philip M. Rule, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management by Philip M. Rule. Read in English by Linda Dougherty; csheeler; Krzysztof Rowiński; Kara Shallenberg; MariaS; Phil Schempf; Jill Engle "The origin of the domestic cat (Felis domestica) is a subject about which there has been much conjecture and scientific discussion, but without any positive issue. Very long before the cat was kept in this country as a domesticated animal it was possessed by the ancient Egyptians in a tame state, and was, moreover, held in reverence by that remarkable and superstitious people, being regarded sacred to the goddess Pasht. As the domestic cat in different parts of the world will breed occasionally with the wild races of the locality, and as cats are conveyed from country to country, it is probable that our cats are of somewhat compound pedigree. It is considered probable that our fine English tabbies have a trace of the British wild-cat blood in their veins, although it may be obscure." - Summary by the author

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management
• Author credits: Philip M. Rule
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 2:46:06

Catalogue topics

• cats
• history of cats
• vareties of cats

Track guide

1. 01 - General Characteristics — 7:21
2. 02 - General Characteristics, continued — 19:06
3. 03 - Food — 9:57
4. 04 - On the Management and Treatment of Cats — 10:11
5. 05 - Domestic Varieties — 17:08
6. 06 - On the Diseases of Cats — 18:25
7. 07 - On the Diseases of Cats (continued) — 23:59
8. 08 - Essay on Feline Instinct, part 1 — 28:41
9. 09 - Essay on Feline Instinct, part 2 — 31:18

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