A BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE. 



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the extremity of the -last joint of the leg, which had served 

 him as substitutes." 



Foxes that have been once entrapped, are ever after- 

 wards very shy of approaching the engine. It is generally 

 asserted, indeed, that they not only avoid the trap them- 

 selves, but have the faculty of communicating its whereabouts 

 to their fellows, and thus causing them also to shun the 

 spot. It is, moreover, said that such foxes, acting on the 

 old adage of burnt children dreading the fire, will burrow 

 under the trap, and thus get at the bait without endangering 

 their own safety ; and this more especially if it be winter, 

 and the ground covered with snow. 



THE BAF-LAMM. 



The Raf-Lamm is another ingenious contrivance by which 

 Reynard is captured in some parts of Scandinavia. As seen 

 in the above drawing, it is placed in the middle of a Gardesgard. 

 The drop A A consists of a bar of wood pretty similar to the 



