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probably got hold of them, destined sooner or 

 later to show itself. 



Some keepers declare that half poisoned 

 foxes — i.e., those which have picked up poisoned 

 food, in insufficient quantity to kill them outright 

 — contract the mange therefrom. But of this I 

 have no personal experience as, unfortunately, 

 all the poisoned foxes I have come across 

 (which I regret to say have been many) had 

 picked up quite sufficient to insure their never 

 contracting either the mxange or any other 

 disease whatever ! 



In the neighbourhood of large farms where 

 animals, especially pigs, are slaughtered, and 

 the offal buried, sometimes quite close to the 

 surface, foxes very quickly find it out and eat it. 

 This is very injurious. Horse flesh too is very 

 heating, and should invariably be hung up out 

 of reach. 



Damp earths, drains, &c., which hunted foxes 

 use when they find their regular earths closed 

 in the hunting season, are frequent sources of 

 mange, as also are artificial earths, which, unless 

 properly constructed, are worse than all the 

 others put together, and suffice to infect the 

 whole country side. 



