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sapling and splitting the smallest end, inserted a piece of 

 wood therein to form a prong, which was introduced to 

 the loose skin of mother Fox and gently twisted, by which 

 she was brought to light and bagged. We secured also 

 four fine cubs of good size, which were likewise bagged 

 and taken to the city, where they were nurtured until 

 Spring, and then restored to freedom, in their native 

 woods for future sport. We must admit, this was not 

 quite comme il faut^ certainly at least, according to the 

 Jersey farmer's just notion of matters and things. 



Sometime in the spring of 1812 or '13, a grey puss 

 was roused from cover in Colonel Howell's woods, and 

 led off the pack merrily, passing by Woodbury and thence 

 towards Mullico hill, near which she doubled and return- 

 ed to Howell's. The dogs were grouped around the 

 trunk of a tree, on which it was rightly conjectured she 

 had sought protection. Mr. R. M. L , an excel- 

 lent horseman and adventurous hunter, pushed hard for 

 the brush, and threw himself off his steed in a full gallop, 

 at great hazard for the prize, which he succeeded in secu- 

 ring, as she soon fell prostrate to the ground. It was mor- 

 tifying to discover, that some person unknown had been 

 guilty of the outrage of shooting the animal before the 

 hounds had come up. Poor Jonas was suspected, per- 

 haps not unjustly, as he that day carried his gun, and had 

 met with no rabbits. 



In the winter of 1815, President Wharton had the su- 

 preme honor of eclipsing a large party of sportsmen, by 



