196 DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



There was another thing the author learned 

 about foxes and also about dogs which surprised 

 him, and that is that 



DOGS AND FOXES WILL ASSOCIATE WITH EACH 

 OTHER 



and play together unless the dogs have been previ- 

 ously trained to hunt the fox. There was not a 

 local or stray dog in our neighborhood that did 

 not stop to have a romp with Faust and Marguerite 

 and after the accidental death of Marguerite, Faust 

 was so lonesome that whenever there was a dog in 

 sight or hearing he would call him by barking. I 

 never knew Faust to make more than three barks in 

 succession and seldom less than three. His call was 

 bow wow wow, very quickly given and then, 

 after a considerable pause another bow wow 

 wow, or it may be more properly speaking bow 

 bow bow. Whether it was the novelty of this 

 bark or something peculiarly winning in its tone, 

 is unknown, but the fact is well known to all who 

 remember these foxes that the call seldom failed 

 to bring a dog into the yard. Black-and-tans, 

 poodles, fices, and even 



BULL DOGS CAME AND PLAYED WITH THE FOX 



and in all the rough-and-tumble gambols there 

 were no times when either party showed ill tem- 

 per. Occasionally the fox's chain would take a 

 hitch around the dog's leg and cause it to yelp; 



