THE FOX. 73 



It will be seen that the fox has many character- 

 istics which are not unknown in man himself. 

 We have our nurseries and our museums so has 

 he. His school is the great school of the woods, 

 in which, during his cubhood days, the fox learns, 

 lesson by lesson, the things which are to carry him 

 through later life. If he learns earnestly, he lives ; 

 if not well, there is no place in the Wild for the 

 dull-witted and the foolish. The clever fox lives on 

 the fat of the land ; the fool is hungry and hunted 

 till he falls a victim to the merciless weeding-out 

 process that permits only the fittest to survive and 

 breed their kind the offspring of wise parents. 



DIMENSIONS. 



The length of head and body in an average dog- 

 fox is about 3 feet, tail 1 foot 2 or 3 inches ; 3 feet 

 6 inches is a big fox. 



