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the fox ? and Lambert, after exploring this cavern, 

 for it could come under no other name, at last found 

 htm stowed away in a crevice of the rock, in an 

 almost inaccessible place. He, after several attempts, 

 managed to get the thong of his whip, which he 

 had doubled up for the occasion, round his neck, 

 and, by a great effort, and making an extra long 

 arm, he managed to get hold of his brush, and had 

 got him nearly out, when, wondrous to relate, his 

 brush snapped short off about half way up ! He, 

 however, declared he'd sooner spend the night there 

 than not get his fox out ; and this, after a great deal 

 of perseverance and scheming, and with the help of 

 Jack Abbey, he eventually did ; and finding that it 

 was a vixen, it was decided that she should not 

 suffer the penalty of death, but that she should be 

 turned up again to fight another day as she had 

 been a real good one, and had, after having given 

 a good run, done the best she could to " save her 

 brush," and in this she partly succeeded. 



She was, therefore, let go on her way rejoicing, 

 and we proceeded to our respective homes. 



It was as dark as pitch before we got out of 

 Turnpole Wood, and I only wonder that we did 

 find our way out. 



