Photographing a Wild Fox 117 



fully a minute, keeping his eyes fixed on mine, and 

 then turning suddenly he disappeared among the 

 brakes. 



Before this I had known the fox only as a shy and 

 cunning animal, but this one had shown another side. 

 My attitude of friendliness towards him seemed to be 

 reciprocated, and I believe that with me he had lost 

 some of the fear that was so evident in his relation 

 to other men. 



I was now certain that his den and family could 

 not be far away ; so the next morning I led the dog to 

 the place where I had met the fox on the day previous. 

 Almost before I had time to remove the dog's collar . 

 the fox appeared, not a hundred feet away. In a 

 moment the dog had sighted him, and away they 

 went to the south over the old course. 



I now devoted my time to a search for the den, and 

 within twenty minutes I stumbled upon it. It was 

 strange that I had not found it before, as I had been 

 within a few feet of it several times. The surroundings 

 were picturesque about the home of the foxes. On 

 the same level, the den could not be seen unless you 

 were very near, but if you knew where to look for 

 it, it could be seen from an elevation about fifty rods 

 away across a little ravine. 



I found exactly what I had expected to find, and 



