FOXES FOXHOUNDS & FOX-HUNTING 



Of course a hard-pressed fox may skirt a covert 

 if he has never been in it before, because his mind 

 is not open to the possibiHty of there being a 

 safe refuge in it. The resources of a fox depend 

 on the width of his beat, and his knowledge of the 

 country, therefore when he is driven beyond that 

 beat, he is very much at sea. 



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