anthems were sung, and processions were made by the priests and people
in honour of the sacrifice."

It is well known that cats formed a conspicuous part in the old religion
of the Egyptians, who under the form of a cat, symbolized the moon or
Isis, and placed it upon their Systrum, an instrument of religious
worship and divination.

Cats are supposed to have been first brought to England by some
merchants from the Island of Cyprus, who came hither for fur.

The prices and value of cats and kittens, mentioned by your
correspondent, _P.T.W._ were fixed by that excellent prince, _Hoel dda_,
or Howel the Good. _Vide Leges Wallicae_, p. 427 and 428.

[Greek: S.G.]

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TO MISS MITFORD,

_On reading her "Lines to a Friend, who spent some days at a country
inn, in order to be near the writer."_

IN NO. 386, OF THE MIRROR.

(_For the Mirror_.)