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an effort to save his life. The fox attacks, but 

 unUke the dog, he will not attack where he 

 knows resistance will be shewn, like most wild 

 animals, unless pressed by hunger, he will avoid 

 encounter with anything he cannot come on by 

 surprise and consequent disadvantage. We are 

 all apt to mistake things strangely, we call the 

 fox a game one who has given us a clipping 

 run, he is not game at all, strictly speaking he 

 is a fox of unusually lasting powers, which he 

 very naturally uses as long as he can to escape. 

 It sounds well in describing a run to say, " On 

 "the hounds being thrown in they found at once, 

 "reynard, gallantly going off at the first sound 

 "of a hound's tongue, made straight for Burnham 

 " bushes ; here a slight check occurred, but old 

 "Trailler hit him off on the other side, and 

 "away they went at a racing pace to the 

 "Wickers, here, disdaining to try the earths, he 

 "never entered the cover, but leaving it to the 

 "right undauntedly faced the open country, 



