CHAPTER VI. 



TAME FOXES. 



Foxes make most charming pets if taken 

 when young, and I have had many at one 

 time or another. They soon become perfectly 

 tame, playful as kittens, and much attached 

 to their master, though rather shy of strangers. 

 I would, however, warn anyone intending to 

 keep a fox as a pet that they will not bear 

 being mauled, pulled about, and worried. 

 They have very sharp teeth, and sometimes 

 do not hesitate to use them, if irritated or 

 much excited. I have never been bitten 

 myself, but I know others who have, and 

 severely, too. The late Lord Doneraile died 

 from the bite of a tame vixen, but I think 

 it was trying the poor thing rather highly 

 to bring her with him on a '' jaunting, car " 

 to the meet of the hounds, where naturally 

 she would be very excited, and 1 believe it 



