4. _Markings_: Like a Bengal tiger, and even prettier. The tail and legs likewise barred. The head striped perpendicularly down the brow, and the marks going swirling round the cheeks. Nose black or brown, and the eyes as dark as possible, and full of fire. 5. _Pelage_: Short and glossy. Points of the Brown Tabby. Size, 15. Head, 5. Colour, 10. Markings, 15. Pelage, 5. Total, 50. Lastly, we have the Silver Tabby and the Spotted Tabby, and in almost all points these may be judged alike. The Silver Tabby is a sweetly pretty cat. Perhaps the prettiest of all pussies. They are a size smaller than even the best Red Tabbies, and are infinitely more graceful, and quicker in all their motions. They are proud, elegant, aristocratic cats, fond to love and quick to resent an injury. _Merits_.--Their special merit is their exceeding beauty. They are somewhat rare, however. Here is a bit of advice to any one who would like to have four really pretty cats about the house, each to show the others to advantage. Get a pure white kitten, a pure black one, a red tabby, and a silver ditto. Take great care in the training of them, be careful in feeding and housing them, and you will have your reward. The Spotted Tabby is also very pretty. He ought to be a good, sizeable animal, with broad head, short ears, and a loving face; ground colour a dark grey, one dark stripe, and down the spine, and diverging from this stripes of black broken up into spots. _Points_.--The Silver Tabby ought to be-- 1. _In size_, less than or about the size of the Red Tabby, and very quick and graceful. 2. _Head_: Large and shapely, but not so blunt as the Brown Tabby's; ears short and eyes light. 3. _Colour and markings_: Of a deep Aberdeen granite, grey in the ground-work, and the markings very dark and beautifully arranged. Don't forget the Mayor's Chains. 4. _Pelage_: Longish, if anything; but not so long as to make the judge suspect crossing with the Persian. Points of Silver and Spotted Tabbies. Size, 10. Head, 5. Colour and markings, 30. Pelage, 5. Total, 50. There are one or two fancy cats I have not mentioned, as the Red-and-white, etc; but I believe I have said enough to make anyone, with a little study and attention, a good judge of the points and qualities of the different breeds of the English domestic cat. CHAPTER SEVEN. ASIATIC CATS.