that remarkable overgrown Cat-call which was placed in the Center of the Pit, and presided over all the rest at
the
celebrated Performance lately exhibited in
Drury-Lane
.
Having said thus much concerning the Original of the Cat-call, we are in the next place to consider the Use of it. The Cat-call exerts it self to most advantage in the
British
Theatre: It very much Improves the Sound of Nonsense, and often goes along with the Voice of the Actor who pronounces it, as the Violin or Harpsichord accompanies the