 | Herodotus - 1824 - 380 pages
...and being very desirous of more, begins again to follow the male ; for this creature is exceedingly fond of its young. When a conflagration takes place, a supernatural" impulse seizes on the cats. For though the Egyptians standing at a distance neglect the progress of the flames, and take much greater... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1848 - 634 pages
...impose. But whoever kills an ibis or a hawk, whether wilfully or by accident, must necessarily be put to death. 66. Although the domesticated animals are many,...Egyptians. In whatever house a cat dies of a natural death, all the family shave their eyebrows only ; but if a dog die, they shave the whole body and the... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1852 - 642 pages
...impose. But whoever kills an ibis or a hawk, whether wilfully or by accident, must necessarily be put to death. 66. Although the domesticated animals are many,...Egyptians. In whatever house a cat dies of a natural death, all the family shave their eyebrows only ; but if a dog die, they shave the whole body and the... | |
 | 1873 - 972 pages
...habits of the cat, he writes as follows : — " When a fire takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats, and neglect to quench the fire : but the cats make their escape, and, leaping over the men, cast themselves into the... | |
 | Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1868 - 634 pages
...animals are many, they would be much more numerous were it not for the following accidents which befall the cats. When the females have littered, they no...Egyptians. In whatever house a cat dies of a natural death, all the family shave their eyebrows only ; but if a dog die, they shave the whole body and the... | |
 | John George Wood - 1869 - 758 pages
...habits of the Cat, and writes -as follows : " When a fire takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats and neglect to quench the fire ; but the cats make their escape, and leaping over the men, cast themselves into the... | |
 | John George Wood - 1870 - 744 pages
...habits of the Cat, and writes as follows : " When a fire takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats and neglect to quench the fire ; but the cats make their escape, and leaping over the men, cast themselves into the... | |
 | John George Wood - 1887 - 264 pages
...habits of the Cat, and writes as follows : " When a fire takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats and neglect to quench the fire ; but the cats make their escape, and leaping over the men, cast themselves into the... | |
 | Herodotus - 1892 - 630 pages
...and carried them away secretly, they kill them, though, when they have killed them, they do not cat them. The females, being deprived of their young,...Egyptians. In whatever house a cat dies of a natural death, all the family shave their eyebrows only ; but if a dog die, they shave the whole body and the... | |
 | W. Duncan McKim - 1900 - 308 pages
...Egyptians,—whose reverence for animal life was a national worship,—Herodotus mentions the following: " When a conflagration takes place, a supernatural impulse...great lamentations are made among the Egyptians." 1 Very similar are the procedures of our sentimental philanthropists and the ensuing result. Instead... | |
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When a conflagration takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes on the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats, and neglect to put out the fire ; but the cats, making their escape, and leaping over the men, throw themselves... 
