G'day Robin2 / Ian Darby,

I'm feeling my way here because I don't know where Ian is. When I speak of "Wild Cat", I mean Felis sylvestris, the European Wild Cat, which interbred with the Egyptian cats brought to Europe by the Romans to produce most of what we foolishly think of as the domenticated cat Felis catus - a medium size, relatively tameable, cat with a tendency to have the tabby markings of the Wild Cat ancestor.

If Ian can approach to within three feet ... it is probably not a pure-bred Wild Cat!

Regards,

Bob Bolton