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to answer when the toe-marks do not show; but this is 

 settled by the faint claw-marks already noted. If still 

 in doubt, I can follow till the fox chances on some place 

 under a thick tree or on ice where there is very little snow, 

 and here a distinct impression may be found. I have 



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often seen a curiously clear track across ice made by a 

 gentle breeze blowing away all the snow except that pressed 

 down hard by the impact of the toes, so that the black 

 ice under has a row of clear-cut, raised tracks, a line of fox- 

 track cameos, cut sharp on a black-ice base. 



