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mouth ; and it is surprising how much one can 

 carry at a pinch, bolting with it to a certain 

 distance and burying it, returning immediately 

 in case any has been left behind. 



I remember seeing an amusing instance of 

 this on one occasion when I had just brought 

 the food down a little earlier than usual A cub 

 that had evidently been waiting came up at 

 once and took away six or eight pieces of 

 rabbit in his mouth, which he buried under a 

 tree some thirty yards away, and carefully 

 poked the earth over it with his little nose. He 

 then returned and took away all the remaining 

 pieces in the opposite direction. After he had 

 got out of sight another cub came up and, after 

 a hasty search round where the food had beeh, 

 went straight to where the other cub had buried 

 the first lot, scraped it up, and, sitting down, 

 commenced to eat it as quickly as he possibly 

 could. 



Foxes always sit down or stand when eating, 

 and keep looking about them all the time. You 

 never see them lying down and gnawing at a bone 

 like a dog. Presently the first cub returned, 

 evidently winded the other, and, suspecting what 

 was happening, rushed off to where he had 



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