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soon obliterate those of the dogs, and, as the foot- 

 marks of the former only are to be seen in the 

 morning, foxes are at once condemned without 

 further inquiry. A vixen, too, is sometimes 

 considered guilty because a dead lamb is found 

 near her earth, but it may be one she has found 

 which a shepherd had neglected to bury. 



Foxes may be kept away from a sheepfold if a 

 string, thoroughly dressed with Renardine, is run 

 all round it at a height of about fifteen inches from 

 the ground, and when ewes and very young lambs 

 are turned out each of the latter should be dressed 

 with Renardine twice a week on the root of the 

 tail. No fox will venture to touch them where 

 this precaution is observed, for the odour of the fluid 

 renders the flesh utterly distasteful to him. 



