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TfieM/'feWoffs 

 Huntings^ 



after day to the same good covers. No two 

 foxes, nor mice, nor men, nor any other two 

 animals for that matter, ever leave the same 

 scent, — any old hound, which will hold 

 steadily to one fox though a dozen others 

 cross or cover his trail, will show you that 

 plainly in a day's hunting, — and the wolf 

 would soon know surely that the same fox 

 was poaching every night on his own pre- 

 serves while he was away. To a casual, wan- 

 dering hunter he paid no attention ; but this 

 cunning poacher must be laid by the heels, l^ x *^^£ 

 else there would not be a single rabbit left in few^^rA? 

 the cover. So Wayeeses, instead of hunting 

 himself at twilight when the rabbits are ik ^ 

 stirring, would wait till midday, when the |^av}& 

 sun is warm and foxes are sleepy, and 

 then come back to find the poacher's 

 trail and follow it to where Eleemos 

 was resting for the day in a sunny opening 

 in the scrub. There Wayeeses would steal 

 upon him from behind and put an end to his 

 poaching ; or else, if the fox used the same 

 nest daily, as is often the case when he is 

 not disturbed, the wolf would circle the scrub 



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