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1 1 is different witli a li;irc, a nihbit and a do;^. 

 When a fox is i;oini^ his best pace the movement 

 is more of a run than a gallop ; he keeps all the 

 time curiously near the ground, whereby two ob- 

 jects are achieved — viz. economy of movement, and 

 security from observation by using every bit of cover. 



To keep animals in such captivity as destroys 

 their happiness in life is, in my opinion, cruelty. 

 When, however, they are kept as a means of in- 

 struction — as, for instance, in zoological collections 

 — there is some excuse, some mitigation of the 

 charge of cruelty. But if a wild animal is captured 

 with a view to making a pet of it, every attention 

 should be given to it, and the loss of its own kith 

 and kin made good by the care and companionship 

 of its captors. Only those people who have time 

 to spare should attempt the training of wild 

 animals. Only under such conditions can they be 

 studied and become interesting as pets. 



With reference to the photograph of John 

 Gaunt with his terriers and a tame fox. Gaunt is 

 now over seventy years of age, having lived nearly 

 all his life in a trim little cottage, with a paddock or 

 two attached for his dogs, foxes and poultry. The 

 cottage lies just off the road from Ambergate to 

 Belper. The attention of passers-by is invariably 

 attracted by the beauty of the garden, the old man 

 having for years taken First Prize for Cottage 



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