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trefpafled upon them, the good people relaxed their vigilance, and 

 the fox found means to renew his depredations. He continued them 

 till the diminution made in feveral heaps of provifions told him that 

 new fufpicions muft ai-ife to provoke new vigilance. Abandoning 

 this fcene therefore, after picicing the bones of the wolf, he purfued 

 his journey without any adventure till he overtoook on a beaten road, 

 a machine as large as a common wigwam ; drawn by a number of 

 horfes, and conduced by two men. So foon as he obferved the men 

 advance before, he took the opportunity of flipping behind and leaping 

 into he waggon. There he lay perdu, the remainder of the day, feafting, 

 and, when the night clofed in, collefting thofe articles which were mod 

 to his tafte, dropped them down gently one by one upon the road. 

 Satisfied with his felcftion he finally leaped from the waggon [him- 

 felf collected his fcattered booty, and retired to a place of fafety. 

 He repeated this praftice fo often, that the men who conduced the 

 teams, ignorant of the thief but refolved to be on their guard, clofed up 

 their waggon in fuch a manner that it was impoffible to gain admittance. 

 He then bethought himfelf of the following llratagem ; he advanced by 

 a bye way to a confiderable diftance before the team, and having rolled 

 himfelf in the fnow, filled his mouth, ears, and noftrils, with blood, 

 which he drew from a frefli wound in one of his legs, he laid himfelf 

 dovra in the track where the waggon was to pafs, retaining his breath, 

 clofing his eyes, lolling out his tongue, and exhibiting every other fymptora 

 of death. " A lucky chance," cries one of the countrymen, as the 

 waggon approached the place, " A grey fox dead, we will fling him 

 " into the waggon, and take off"hisflcin when we fl:op to feed." The 

 grey fox played his part fo well that he created no fufpicions, and in a 

 few moments found himfelf depoCted agreeably to his wilhes. As he' 

 knew this was the laft time he could pofljbly gain admittance, he made a 

 mofl; provident ufe of the occafion, and eifeftcd his efcape juft before the 

 waggoners fl;opped to bait. Finding the dead fox gone and their provi- 

 fions plundered, they were filled with aflonifliment, and after many wild 

 conjeftures, concluded this to be one of Machi-Maniioos frolicks. The 



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