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to bay. The clog closed with her, but getting 

 much the worst of the fight was glad at last 

 to run for it. The fox followed him, repeatedly 

 bringing him to bay, but the keeper hid in 

 some tall brackens and the dog coming to him 

 for protection, he succeeded in shooting her. 

 She would no doubt ultimately have killed the 

 dog, and it was the more curious her being so 

 savage as she had no cubs with her. 



Oddly enough, the same man killed another 

 last year in nearly the same manner, but in this 

 instance it was a young terrier bitch that bolted 

 a large dog fox. The terrier had never seen a 

 fox before, and probably this fox had never 

 seen a dog. He thought her the most charming 

 little creature he had ever met with, and they 

 came back together most lovingly, the fox 

 running first on one side of her and then on the 

 other, swinging his brush about and looking as 

 handsome as possible ; and she played mth him, 

 and lured him to his doom, as many a heartless 



