Today's journey brought me to the page of Perce Blackborow, a sailor on the Shackleton expidition. Note the picture of him with the cat on his shoulder. The cat named Mrs. Chippy. A cat with his own page. At the bottom of that page is a list of historical cats. Only eighteen are listed but there's a good half dozen interesting stories there.
- Hodge - who belonged to Samuel Johnson and was 'a very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed.'
- Humphrey - whom Cherie Blair was accused of murdering.
- India - W's cat, who caused protests and 101 dogs to be named Bush. (Um, ok.)
- Muezza - Mohammad's favorite cat. He once cut a sleeve off to avoid disturbing her.
- Peter - who got an obit in a cricket reference book.
- Simon - who was awarded a medal for 'Behavior of the Highest Order'.
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