THE EDUCATION OF THE FOX 43 



His life has not been an unhappy one, for he 

 rejoices in his vitality, his resource and cunning. 

 Whatever else is or is not true of animal intelligence, 

 this at least is certain, that brutes have a pure joy in 

 living unknown to men except, perhaps, in the first 

 spring of their youth. 



But this joy they owe to their perfect training 

 in Dame Nature's school, which fits them exactly for 

 their life. 



The fox is perhaps one of the happiest of animals, 

 in being so perfectly adapted for the life he has 

 to lead. 



