62 NEIGHBORS WITH CLA WS AND HOOFS. 



a few years ago, these animals were hunted and trapped for 

 profit, and hundreds were shipped to market during the 

 months in which the fur was valuable. Then it was that 

 Kelsey distinguished himself by daily bringing in from 

 three to ten foxes, while other famed hunters and trap- 

 pers frequently returned from the chase empty-handed. 



2. Kelsey would permit no one to hunt in his company. 

 or go with him when setting his traps. He accumulated 

 a fair fortune by his success in getting skins. His brother 

 hunters were extremely jealous of his success. Some of 

 them believed that he was possessed of a secret by which 

 he charmed foxes to his traps and within range and reach 

 of his gun. 



3. u There's more ways than one to get the best of a 

 fox,'' said Kelsey, recently ; " you want to be observant of 

 their nature, in the first place. In the second place, you 

 want to be just as sly and cunning as they are. When I 

 used to hunt foxes for profit, I don't mind saying now, I 

 had three favorite ways of killing them. When I was a 

 boy, I was hunting a fox with a hound. During the chase 

 the hound w r ent lame in one of his legs. He was a blood- 

 ed dog and full of game, and kept right on after the fox ; 

 but he ran slower, of course. It wasn't long before I no- 

 ticed a difference in that fox's running. 



4. " He actually seemed to take delight in not attempt- 

 ing to elude the dog by cunning, but in keeping just far 

 enough ahead to be in sight and hearing of him, as if to 

 tantalize him. The fox, of course, intended, after having 

 his little fun with the lame dog, at last to summon his 

 cunning to his aid and get out of the way to a place of 

 safety. After noticing the unmistakable behavior of the 

 fox, it w T as easy for me to get a position where a shot at 

 him was certain, whereas if the dog had been able-bodied 

 the fox would have been twisting and turning in all sorts 



