FOXES FOXHOUNDS & FOX-HUNTING 



In the case of the fox, he often feeds at ir- 

 regular intervals, particularly in mountainous 

 districts where weather conditions are frequently- 

 severe. As a rule he feeds at night, and what 

 exercise he gets is taken on his huntnig expedi- 

 tions. Generally speaking this exercise is not 

 fast, and if food happens to be plentiful, he does 



Disappointed: Fox aDd Grouse. 



not cover a great deal of ground. When he 

 returns, full-fed to his lying-up place, at daybreak 

 or a little before, he is not in the best of shape for 

 hard running. The earlier m the morning there- 

 fore that hounds unkennel him, the better chance 

 they have to press him, if scent serves. An 

 afternoon fox is always in better trim than a 

 morning one, and so as a rule is an old dog fox 



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