 If a cat has nine lives, this creature surely has nineteen ; for if you break every bone in their skin, and mash their skull, leaving them for dead, you may come an hour after, and they will be gone quite away, or perhaps you may meet them creeping away.  Natural History: Mammalia - Page 250by Philip Henry Gosse - 1848 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
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