sufficient to keep the sport popular for generations. Feigning to be 

 dead, lying prostrate on a steep slope in the expectation that the 

 hounds will rush past him in their headlong speed, tempting them 

 to follow him over thin ice, strong enough for him, but too frail 

 for them; these are but suggestions of his many stratagems. Per- 

 haps the most amusing of these tricks is his habit of baffling the 

 hunter by some false move and, after cunningly making a detour 

 to some point behind his would-be pursuer, he follows at a safe 

 distance, as if laughing at the joke. 



There are two color variations of the red fox, known as the 

 "cross fox' 1 and the black or silver fox. The fur of these two and 

 also of the red fox itself are much prized, that of the black and silver 

 variety being the most valuable of any pelts and together the three 

 form an important article of our export trade. 



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