84 WINTER SUNSHINE 



One more item from the books. From the fact 

 that in the bone caves in this country skulls of the 

 gray fox are found, but none of the red, it is in- 

 ferred by some naturalists that the red fox is a 

 descendant from the European species, which it 

 resembles in form but surpasses in beauty, and its 

 appearance on this continent comparatively of re- 

 cent date. 



