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While relaying the wiring in Westmorly Court in preparation for its transformation into Adams House, two electricians yesterday discovered what is thought to be the first mummy of a cat ever found in the city of Cambridge, or its environs.
Wrapped in a newspaper dated 1902 and containing on the sport page a picture of Terrible Terry McGovern, the prize fighter, the cat's body was found wedged in a niche among the floor supports seemingly as well preserved as any specimen to be found in the Agassiz Museum.
It is said that the cat was taken to one of the University's museums to learn just what were the conditions which kept the body in such a remarkable state of preservation.
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