THE FOX. 5 



up without one missing, but we never could 

 ascertain if they eventually killed their fox. I, 

 personally, arrived home at 12.30 a.m. that 

 night on a very tired horse ! 



A splendid specimen of the vulpine tribe is 

 the greyhound fox, the largest and stoutest 

 member of his race, long, limber, and grey — a 

 wolf on a small scale — the brush not quite so 

 bushy as that of the ordinary fox, and with, as 

 a rule, only a few straggling white hairs at the 

 tip, his grizzly mask, when obtained, being a 

 trophy of which any huntsman may well be 

 proud. 



The ''bulldog" is quite the reverse of the 

 greyhound, a short-legged, very dark, thick-set 

 fox, whose dusky coat is flaked with white, 

 black underneath, broad head, very short dark 

 snout (hence his name!), on which is a small 

 white patch, the brush as a rule tipped with black, 

 his whole appearance giving the idea of strength 

 rather than speed, whilst the greyhound com- 

 bines both. These foxes are mostly found in 

 the mountainous districts in Wales, but I have 

 no doubt they exist elsewhere. 



The ''common fox" is an animal which 

 does not require much description, every child 



