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HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



spotted lyiix about Pasadena has, if taken at the right time, a fine skin, 

 making an attractive rug. Mr. Bandini has the finest collection of these 

 skins probably in the country, all taken by his fox hounds, either in 

 the Arroyo or Wilson's pasture near his home.* 



Fox. — As I write I have a gray fox, from mountains back of Pasa- 

 dena, by my side, growling an audible protest at the writing-up process. It 

 is the California representative of the gray fox ; a creature about twenty-two 

 inches long from the nose to the root of the tail, the latter being about fif- 

 teen inches in length — a fine brush with a distinct black line upon the up- 

 per surface. It is very timid, yet can be trained, and eats out of my hand. 

 It is a remarkable climber, jumping into an orange tree and ascending to 

 the top with all the ease of a cat, and then biting off the branches to make 

 a comfortable place to rest. In hunting this fox in the Arroyo with the 

 hounds, it often misleads the dogs by leaping into a tree and by jumping 

 from limb to limb and passing over the masses of vines, making its escape. 

 The fox in my possession is a most expert climber, and will balance himself 

 upon a narrow plank-edge with all the skill of a cat, and is a most interest- 

 ing little creature. Mr. Charles Winston owns one that is so tame that it 

 plays with the dog, and seems to be thoroughly domesticated. f 



A YOUNG COYOTE-PHOTO FROM LIFE. 



' Land of Sunshine, October, 1895. 



vr^Ttil 'tV.'j^w t* ^rtjstically successful and perfect portrait of our native coyote [pronounced 

 .'.Wno^ioi^ . J^, r cf? obtained. The subtlety of character-expression in that sly, waggish 

 untenance IS a study for ShakesDeare or nirWpns ■'' ^^ 



tion of Tynrskin's" i'f|-desiroyed then^"" '"' ""^'^^'^ ^°' '"^° ^''- ^^"^"'''^ "'^ ^^'^ ^'"^^'^ -"- 



^t-^t^JlVA }?J^^^artlf.; .!^.V'^ J"';l'^?^i'" abundant, though smaller than the red fox of the Atlantic 

 bv ^,^nh ,hffPrtn,^n«^„^^= o think there IS but the one variety or species here, although it is called 



Xeauinri Ed ' '°^' '-'°^'*' f«^- ^i'ver-gray fox, red fox, etc. all referring to the 



