THE FOX 



THERE is very little to add to what has 

 been said about the fox track in the chap- 

 ter on the coyote. When galloping, the 

 fox's trail shows many variations not found in 

 that of any other animal, but as the sinful fellow 

 generally leaps only when he undertakes a chase, 

 or is chased himself, the features in the running 

 trail are practically of little or no consequence 

 to the tracker. It is hardly possible to confound 

 a fox trail with that of a very small dog only 

 in that the latter has a foot as small as the aver- 

 age fox on account of the glaring dissimilarity 

 in the length of the individual steps, which is 

 much more apparent than between the wolf and 

 big dog. The writer, at the tender age of seven, 

 mistook once a very small dog's trail for that of 

 a fox, but after his father pointed out the above 

 feature, he never afterwards made such a mis- 

 take. 



