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got into the most inextricable thickets. As the time wore 

 on, I began to think we had passed the place ; and, as is 

 often the ease in similar circumstances, opinions were di- 

 vided. Afox,whieh 



I fired, and the: 



id exactly Eke 

 Bya 

 crow just above 



"There: the crow is thanking us for having rid 

 his enemy, die fox," said Sumkhrast to Laden. 



The boy laughed heartily at this joke. In spite of our 

 advice, rEncnerado would insist upon skinning the 

 whose pelt he wished to preserve. Fortnnatdy, he 

 very quick at such an operation, and the beautiful fur 

 soon hanging over his arm, ready to.be stretched 

 Mi basket to *ry. 



"I hope," said Somkhrast to Laden, a that yon have al- 

 ready recognized the fox's relationship." 



u Oh yes! in hs color and shape it is Eke the cayotteJ 1 



You are quite right, but die coyotte and the fox are 

 oothGringalet's cousins." 



I can scarcely befieve that, for Gringalet 

 is spotted with black and white, has 



"Those are only 



Gringalet belongs to the carnivorous type, 



"Yes, certainly; that is to say, he walks on his toes, and 

 not on the sole of his feet, exactly fike the fox, whose teeth, 

 ako, are perfectly similar to those of Gringalet. The prin- 

 cipal difference between diem is, that the fox has eyes 

 which are formed so as to enable h to see in the dark, a 

 quafity which Gringalet does not posses* in the same de- 

 gree." 



