THREE MODERN CARTWRIGHTS 



produce these in captivity has been one of the 

 many schemes of the active brain of this 

 Belgian Cartwright, and he has devoted many 

 years to the study of the subject. He has 

 five or six parks each of an acre and a half in 

 extent, surrounded by strong wire netting 

 fences, supported by posts eighteen feet tall. 

 An overhang at the top prevents the escape 

 of the active inhabitants above, while the solid 

 Laurentian rock is an effectual bar below. 

 Each park contains but one family, and they 

 have plenty of room to roam, and plenty of 

 place for concealment among the stunted 

 spruces. They live well, for lobsters are 

 especially procured for their table. I caught a 

 glimpse of one splendid fellow running about 

 with his thousand dollar coat. We were told 

 that these skins are of more value than those 

 of wild ones, for the animals are well looked 

 after and their food supply never fails them. 

 It is not, as with Indians and wild foxes, a 

 short feast and a long famine. In July they 

 bring forth their litters of five to nine each, and 

 breed true. 



The black fox is merely a colour-phase of 

 the common red fox, and not a separate species. 



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