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to get a home for cubs which have to be 

 removed in a hurry ; but if there are none such 

 he can furnish you with the addresses of Scotch 

 keepers and others, from whom they can be 

 safely obtained without the risk of despoihng 

 another hunt. 



Never answer advertisements in papers from 

 persons having cubs to dispose of, or who can 

 supply them on short notice ; remember the fox- 

 stealer is on the prowl when cubs are about, 

 and has many agents to assist him in getting 

 rid of his ill-gotten wares, and it is, I expect, 

 rather a paying trade w^here foxes are plentiful. 

 I remember at Eastbourne some years ago 

 entering Into conversation with an old man who 

 w^heeled a bath chair, and who after a bit became 

 very communicative. He told me he used to 

 earn many a sovereign by catching foxes every 

 year, till old age and rheumatism forced him to 

 give it up. He explained fully to me his modus 

 operandi, very interesting (but which for obvious 

 reasons I am not going to give here), and the 

 country (a fox-hunting country, too !) which he 

 worked ; any foxes caught were left at a public 

 house on the main London road, the landlord 

 of which was always ready to give him from ten 



